Ginger666

Fuck ads at the gas pump

https://lemmy.world/post/13968234

Fuck ads at the gas pump - Lemmy.World

Idk if this is the right instance for this, but how fucking tired of these forced ads at gas pumps is everyone else? I’m paying 4 bucks a gallon to have you shove advertising down my throat like an erect cock? What the actual fuck Anyone have any good ad blocking practices for this? I’ve seen duct or painters tape covering the speakers… You can press a button next to the screen to mute it, but this doesn’t work at all gas stations. (Usually its the 2nd from the top on the right side) I guess its just time to gettoblast music every time I pump gas like back when I was 19…

Apr 6, 2024 at 11:56amWeb
Show threadLexamApr 6, 2024
The ones here, you can’t mute. Pisses me off so bad I will refuse to back to a gas station. I have even pulled up seen the ads on another pump and drove off. I’m fucking captive! Congrats on losing money greedy fucks!
Show thread🇸‌🇵‌🇪‌🇨‌🇺‌🇱‌🇦‌🇹‌🇪‌🇷‌Apr 6, 2024
Push and hold the left and right top buttons to put it in maintenance mode. You can do everything normally, but no sound.
Show threadfrunchApr 6, 2024
Does this work universally or is there a particular station you frequent that it works at?
Show thread4amApr 6, 2024
Depends on the model of pump. Some of them you push one of the unlabeled buttons a few times (my local Shell it’s the 2nd one down on the right)
Show threadairportlineApr 6, 2024
Are there any potential repercussions for sticking a utility knife into the speaker grill?
Show threadPromethielApr 6, 2024
Mild electric shock and a vandalism charge if caught. Worth it? I don’t know but I’m getting sick of the fucking ads.
Show threadRefurbished RefurbisherApr 6, 2024
Most gas stations are monitored with cameras, so they will be able to see your face and license plate, then charge you with vandalism.
Show threadAtariDumpApr 6, 2024
In another thread someone said they carry a sharpie marker with them and label the button(s) you need to press to mute the audio for future people.
Show threadqwertilliopasdApr 6, 2024
I also always have a sharpie on me and often use it to fix the missing labels on these pumps.
Show threadStrathApr 6, 2024
For the pumps that the mute button doesn’t work: carry a small screwdriver, 1/8", flat blade, insert into center of speaker then pull sideways to severe the coil wire.
Show threadSchmidtGeneticsApr 6, 2024
Great idea, it’s not like every single gas station is riddled with cameras and you have a license plate they can track you with or anything….
Show threadglimseApr 6, 2024
Tired of ads at the gas station? Carry a lighter
Show threadSchmidtGeneticsApr 6, 2024
Can’t have a problem if the problem is atomized. You being right along with it may be a problem….
Show threadFarApr 6, 2024
They too will get the screwdriver treatment!
Show threadStrathApr 6, 2024
It doesn’t effect the operation of the pump and takes a three second poke and twist. With no legitimate use of the speaker it would be months before it is noticed. Think they would scrub through tens of thousands of interactions with the pump and find that one person who leaned in a bit? Doubtful, and if so, minor vandalism charge and a small fine for months of quiet peace. Worth it in my book.
Show threadSchmidtGeneticsApr 6, 2024
Some electronics have a way to test the system if the speaker is functional, and maybe they have to manually the pump every morning when they turn the pumps on.
Show threadThorny_InsightApr 6, 2024
Or just go to a different gas station instead of vandalizing property that’s not yours.
Show threadGrappleHatApr 6, 2024
This drives me nuts too. Who the hell decided to do this? I avoid the stations with ads.
Show threadbrapApr 6, 2024
Never knew this was a thing, that better not come over here.
Show threadGodnrocApr 6, 2024

Every station I have gone to with them has had the mute button labeled or at least functional. If they didn’t, I would never return.

The only time they are useful is when they offer a coupon for something I was already going to buy, but that happens so infrequently I’d rather have my attention back.

Show threadmanicluckyApr 6, 2024
The ones near me don’t, but it’s still there. Just push buttons till it’s quiet. For mine, it’s the fourth button.
Show threadVanthApr 6, 2024
The next step is having to wait for the ad to complete before the gas will pump. “Premium” gas station membership for a fee will provide an ad-free experience, for now, but eventually it will come with ads too.
Show threadGranbo's Holy HotrodApr 6, 2024
I am pretty sure this already happened to me. Had to wait before prompted to enter payment. :(
Show threadFrozengyroApr 6, 2024
The one thing that would push people to electric. At least then you can charge at home and avoid gas stations.
Show threadSteveApr 6, 2024
Discounted electric rates on your ad-supported charging plug…
Show threadhelenslunchApr 9, 2024
Already a thing
Volta Charging gets loan to expand its ad-supported free EV charging across the US

Volta Charging, an ad-supported, free EV charging network, has received a loan which will it says will allow it to expand its model across the country.

Electrek
Show threadSteveApr 9, 2024
Fucking hell
Show threadRefurbished RefurbisherApr 6, 2024
Don’t worry; they’ll just start playing ads in the car itself before you are able to shift gears to drive.
Show threadRolandoApr 6, 2024
One time I put in my card, but the pump couldn’t show me an ad because it crashed. My card was stuck in the pump. The guys inside tried resetting the pump but that didn’t work, so they said it’d be a week before someone came around to fix it. I had to cancel the card and get a new number. All because I couldn’t watch the ads.
Show threadpdxfedApr 6, 2024
I hope you paid them for the lost ad revenue you caused them to suffer.
Show thread4amApr 6, 2024
I’ve never seen a pump that took a card inside it like an ATM; did you mean the transaction was stuck or the physical card?
Show threadcolforgeApr 6, 2024
I’ve been to many a pump that instructs you to insert and leave your card, then ‘latches’ onto the card once you’ve inserted it, locking it into place until the authorization for the transaction is complete. I’ve seen them in Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana.
Show threadRefurbished RefurbisherApr 6, 2024
I’ve seen a lot of those. The card gets physically stuck until the machine decides that the payment is completed.
Show threadBakuApr 7, 2024
I’ve never seen one in Australia. We don’t really prepay for petrol here. Some servos in the dodgiest suburbs do make you between certain hours, but I’ve never seen one that makes everybody always prepay or one that actually takes your card. Most of the time you’d go inside to prepay anyways, but on the few pumps I’ve seen that do have card payments on the physical pump it’s either tap or swipe, no insert, and no holding cards hostage
Show threadɔiƚoxɘupApr 7, 2024
Pliers woulda worked (from experience). I always keep a pair handy for this and other more practical reasons.
Show threadSteveApr 6, 2024
Stahp
Show threadTheOneAndOnlyApr 7, 2024
Shhhh! Don’t give them fucking ideas!
Show threadBoomer Humor DoomergodApr 7, 2024
And then once enough people buy the premium membership they’ll start putting ads on those, too.
Show threadneidu2Apr 6, 2024

I never saw these before I visited the US. While tanking somewhere in easter Texas, on my way from Houston to a tiny town south of New Orleans.

My “fix” was waiting in the car with bluetooth buds in, while the pump did its thing.

Show threadaberrate_junior_beatnik (he/him)Apr 6, 2024
I avoid gas stations that have ads. There’s a chain where I live that doesn’t do them, so they get all my business.
Show threadBillDaCattApr 6, 2024
I do this too. Speedway and Shell play video ads on their pumps with no obvious mute options. I don’t buy gas there.
Show threadhenfredemarsApr 6, 2024
I wish I could do this. There are none left in my area and I’m not drilling and refining my own gas.
Show threadEager EagleApr 6, 2024
good time to switch to organic, gluten-free, vegan, open source, self-hosted and family-grown biomass fuel
Show threadPossibly linuxApr 6, 2024
Its always the one gas station that is a little run down and is the common place for violent crime
Show threadeltrain123Apr 6, 2024
Get an EV and you’ll never have to go to a gas station again. None of the chargers I’ve seen have ads on them.
Show threadRicky RigatoniApr 6, 2024
All of the chargers I’ve seen have ads on them.
Show threadThe PantserApr 6, 2024
Maybe public ones but the good thing about electric is you plug in and either walk away or sit in your car you don’t need to be outside near the pump to charge.
Show threadElJefeApr 6, 2024
Watch them start making chargers that hook up to your infotainment system and run ads all the way through your charging session
Show threadLukeApr 7, 2024
I don’t even have an EV and I have to see the ads on the chargers because they’re in front of the store I’m walking into. So far, I’ve only noticed that at grocery stores, but it’s annoying.
Show threadRolandoApr 6, 2024
Still early in the enshittification cycle. It’ll happen eventually.
Show threadNewtonPulsiferApr 6, 2024
Volta has level2 free chargers in some of the grocery stores in my area. Pretty big screens. I don’t pay attention to them when I’m charging while shopping.
Show threadm-p{3}Apr 6, 2024
They target the most common denominator. Once EVs are everywhere, look at the chargers getting filled with ads.
Show threadjballsApr 6, 2024
Maybe, but I don’t think it’s worth it. With a gas car, you stand idle at the pump for a few minutes making sure that nothing bursts into flames or gas doesn’t overflow. Charging an EV isn’t like that. They’ve got about 5 seconds of your time at the most.
Show threadm-p{3}Apr 6, 2024

Fast charging is constantly improving though, I wouldn’t be surprised if we reach a point where EV charging goes up to a point where it takes roughly the same time as charging an ICE vehicle in the 2030s.

driving.ca/…/toyota-says-ev-batteries-will-charge…

Toyota says EVs will charge to near-full in 10 minutes by 2027

Not impressed? A British start-up is showing off a Lotus-esque concept it says can top up its max 250 km of range in under six minutes

Driving
Show threadjballsApr 6, 2024
Lol that would be the ultimate first world problem. Charging so fast it makes more sense to stand at the plug than go into the store to pee.
Show threadzurohkiApr 7, 2024

Well, Toyota’s claims about batteries are intended to convince people not to buy EVs yet. They’re going to be SO much better real soon now so just buy another Toyota gas car and think about EVs next time.

It’s just another flavour of the anti-EV FUD Toyota has been spewing for a decade now. They’re also saying that hydrogen is the future and that gas will always be 70%+ of the car market, so you have your choice of anti-EV FUD. Consistency doesn’t matter when you’re running a disinformation campaign.

Show threadPossibly linuxApr 6, 2024
Not great for privacy or freedom though
Show threadb000rgApr 6, 2024
Thankfully only one near me does this and I’ve never gone back once I saw they had these installed. This is really the only way we’re ever going to see these practices phased out. Corporations don’t take anything seriously until it affects the bottom line. Just look at climate change.
Show threadRolandoApr 6, 2024
I think getting this practice phased out would require a sustained social media campaign. Otherwise the MBAs just see mysterious fluctuations on their charts, and they’ll make up some vaguely-political theories about Millenials.
Show threadsome_guyApr 6, 2024
Late-stage capitalism means this bullshit will keep creeping into every facet of life. I hate it.