Fuck ads at the gas pump

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....

Ooglieguy ,

On the pumps in my area the mute button is usually the second one from the bottom and it may be on either side. I don't care to watch them while I wait for my 40 gallon tank to fill but if I'm just topping off, I don't bother to mute, I wont be there long. I also grew up before skippable ads and watched Over-The-Air TV where you couldn't skip them. That's why there is still a format where an hour long show is actually 44-46 minute and a 30 minute show is around 22 minute runtimes on streaming services. Those commercial breaks were a speed contest to see if you could grab a snack, use the bathroom, or get a cup of coffee before the show came back on.

SlothMama ,

This has been a thing in the States for about 15 years, it's not new. If it's just now becoming a thing where you live, understand that things like Gas TV, or ads for products or fuel additives were around since the late 2000s and early 2010s

DAMunzy ,

Come live in NJ. No ads!

squid_slime ,
@squid_slime@lemm.ee avatar

you can get fuel delivered to your house, install a few tanks, or straight to your vehicle

Ginger666 OP ,

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dessalines ,
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Can I fill you up or wut?

DigitalDruid ,

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    ech ,

    The brain implant will be more like "adplus" of it ever catches on. I guarantee it.

    DigitalDruid ,

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    ulterno ,
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    I have a feeling that Surgeons will be made to sign contracts instructing them to refuse BYOC (bring/build your own chip) implants.

    Otherwise, just make your own chip. You decide the materials, you decide the process. You decide each and every part (alright, maybe just as much as you can fathom) of the circuit.
    You decide how powerful the feedback is and what functions it provides. So you are not paying for the risk of features other than the ones you want.

    quicksand ,

    I feel like there's very few people who could design and build their own brain implant chip. Even in the far future

    ulterno ,
    @ulterno@lemmy.kde.social avatar

    I feel like if (the de-techification of general public doesn't take place in the future) && (I were to be born in the future); then
    I would probably giving free chip-design customisation services to friends and family, using some open source chip design as a base.

    But then again, there's already a very few number of ppl like me...

    quicksand ,

    It's just not something you can do in your garage these days (or for the past few decades), even if the designs were open sourced. I like your idea and wish there was less concentrated power in chip manufacturing, I just don't think it's very feasible.

    ulterno ,
    @ulterno@lemmy.kde.social avatar

    Well, designing and manufacturing are 2 different things.
    You're right as in we will still have to rely on some Workshop having a million dollar fabrication setup with at least half a dozen experts working, to do the manufacturing part.

    Furthermore, said setup will have to be optimised not for scale (as in workshop mode and not assembly line mode), focusing on getting one-shot success rather than mass-manufacturing and getting yield %ages.
    So, we won't really benefit from things like Intel opening up their fabs, since they still expect a bulk order.

    We still always have FPGAs.
    Just need one with an open source VHDL compiler.

    qwertilliopasd ,
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    Surgeons already aren't allowed to put non FDA approved things in you. You would go to a tattoo/piercing shop for that sort of thing.

    ulterno ,
    @ulterno@lemmy.kde.social avatar

    Ooh, that would be hard.
    Now you would have to make sure that the tattoo guy has enough time and drive to put the effort into understanding your custom chip design and know which probe to connect to which neuron.

    small_crow ,
    @small_crow@lemmy.ca avatar

    The version of Neuralink we can afford will be ad supported.

    Klear ,

    I'll just wait until Neuralink gets ReVanced.

    BallsandBayonets ,

    Only at first.

    Then every version will be ad-supported.

    JonEFive ,

    I mean... It's Las Vegas. You don't go to Vegas expecting a vacation experience free from the perverse corruption of money.

    Sims ,

    Start harassing them any way you can that is not illegal. How long can you 'park' at a gas station pump ? What happens if you accidentally spill gas all over the screen/speaker/system ? Accidents happen and it was their fault for not making a foolproof system..

    UmeU ,

    This is a great idea… cause a mess that someone else has to clean up rather then press the mute button, absolutely brilliant.

    INHALE_VEGETABLES ,

    Woah buddy how about you don't shit on the guy waiting behind you. Is the 'accident' booby trapping the bowser for the next dude as well?

    skizzles ,

    You can put the pumps in maintenance mode. I did it on accident once looking for the mute button. I held down one of the buttons for like 10 seconds and the pump went into maintenance mode. Just leave it like that lol.

    marx2k ,

    How long can you 'park' at a gas station pump ?

    This is about as sad as eating in your car alone at a McDonald's parking lot

    Machinist ,
    @Machinist@lemmy.world avatar

    The majority of pumps in my area play ads. Some of the pumps can't be muted. For those, press the top left and right buttons, then next two down, then the next two and it throws it into maintenance mode. That shuts off the speaker.

    melpomenesclevage , (edited )

    Use a screwdriver. Those speakers are driven from somewhere. There's some way to do maintenance.

    INHALE_VEGETABLES ,

    Headphones. Ez.

    Lexam , (edited )

    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 not a fucking captive! Congrats on losing money greedy fucks!

    Speculater ,
    @Speculater@lemmy.world avatar

    Push and hold the left and right top buttons to put it in maintenance mode. You can do everything normally, but no sound.

    frunch ,

    Does this work universally or is there a particular station you frequent that it works at?

    4am ,

    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)

    airportline ,
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    Are there any potential repercussions for sticking a utility knife into the speaker grill?

    Promethiel , (edited )
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    Mild electric shock and a vandalism charge if caught. Worth it? I don't know but I'm getting sick of the fucking ads

    Edit: So stab then pump, instead of the other way around to avoid boom boom?

    refurbishedrefurbisher ,

    Most gas stations are monitored with cameras (often times with facial recognition), so they will be able to see your face and license plate, then charge you with vandalism.

    AtariDump ,

    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.

    qwertilliopasd ,
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    I also always have a sharpie on me and often use it to fix the missing labels on these pumps.

    jabathekek ,
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    I would probably bring a really thick permanent marker with me and some chewing gum for the speakers. I'm lucky enough to live in an area that has pretty good cycling infrastructure so I don't have to deal with that shit. I'm sorry you do though.

    eltrain123 ,

    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.

    rickyrigatoni ,
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    All of the chargers I've seen have ads on them.

    ThePantser ,
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    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.

    ElJefe ,

    Watch them start making chargers that hook up to your infotainment system and run ads all the way through your charging session.

    Edit: period.

    lukecooperatus ,

    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.

    Rolando ,

    Still early in the enshittification cycle. It'll happen eventually.

    NewtonPulsifer ,

    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.

    mp3 ,
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    They target the most common denominator. Once EVs are everywhere, look at the chargers getting filled with ads.

    jballs ,
    @jballs@sh.itjust.works avatar

    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.

    mp3 ,
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    Fast charging is constantly improving though, I wouldn't be surprised if we reach a point where EV charging improves to a point where it takes roughly the same time as charging an ICE vehicle in the 2030s.

    https://driving.ca/auto-news/technology-news/toyota-says-ev-batteries-will-charge-to-near-full-in-10-minutes-by-2027

    jballs ,
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    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.

    zurohki ,

    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.

    possiblylinux127 ,
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    Not great for privacy or freedom though

    UnculturedSwine ,

    Super glue in the speaker holes seems like a good solution

    4am ,

    Second button down on the right side of the screen, press it (up to) 4 times and it mutes that shit

    thedirtyknapkin ,

    stopped working for me like 2 years ago

    Bonesince1997 ,

    Ohhh maybe it's the multiple presses that are needed

    annoyedcamel ,

    I was just pressing every button once without success.

    remotelove ,

    Since we are sharing...

    Holding down 1-5-9 or 3-5-7 can drop a POS card reader into debug mode, but it's brand dependent. (I have had it also crash the host terminals in some cases as well.)

    ulterno ,
    @ulterno@lemmy.kde.social avatar

    Because why just hack it as much as you need to when you can go all the way? AMIRITE?

    remotelove , (edited )

    It serves a niché function in some situations. (Physical pen testing, in my case. I needed the person at the register gone in one case so I could setup a small network tap.)

    ulterno ,
    @ulterno@lemmy.kde.social avatar

    Physical pen testing

    was it really pen testing or just pen..ing😏

    JonEFive ,

    The only difference is who pays you to do it 😁

    BaumGeist ,

    also want to say that this is illegal in most places. The store may or may not press charges, but they have the right to and they will win that case if they do. So only do it if you know you can get away with it or have permission or don't mind having the stain on your legal record and whatever fine they hit you with

    remotelove ,

    It's not destructive, nor can it really be considered illegal access. I suppose there is something illegal about it if it's classified as a DoS, I guess. There isn't much on a payment PED aside from an encryption key and maybe some network information.

    Entering your PIN and accidentally hitting 3 buttons hardly seems like something to get charged with. How you leverage that for other things could easily be a problem.

    All I am saying is that the likelihood of serious repercussion is very low. Still, I have to agree: Only do it with permission and with purpose.

    Dupree878 ,

    I’ve read that, but it’s never worked for me

    porksoda ,

    One of the gas stations by my house does something similar but actually cool. They show about 2 minutes of sports highlights from the night before (think SportsCenter Top 10 but also with scores) and then some non-political news headlines.

    I actually stand there watching the whole time. They get my business.

    beebers ,
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    Glad that you enjoyed the content, but that would be hell for me; Idgaf about sports. If I am so unlucky to end up at a station with these, I try to mute asap.

    porksoda ,

    That's a fair criticism. I guess I was just thinking it's better than ads, but not if you don't enjoy sports.

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