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Fuck ads at the gas pump (self.privacy)

submitted 5 months ago by Ginger666 to c/[email protected]

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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....

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] BillDaCatt 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I do this too. Speedway and Shell play video ads on their pumps with no obvious mute options. I don't buy gas there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

You shouldn't be buying from Shell anyway given their history of human rights violations around the world. And in the more recent decades, their fight against eco-friendliness.

Of course all oil companies are shit, but for now it's a necessary evil, and some are worse than others.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I wish I could do this. There are none left in my area and I’m not drilling and refining my own gas.

[–] grue 11 points 5 months ago

That's always the problem with the "vote with your dollars" refrain: there's a race to the bottom where soon enough all the options start doing the shitty behavior.

The only solution that actually works is consumer protection regulation.

[–] eager_eagle 10 points 5 months ago

good time to switch to organic, gluten-free, vegan, open source, self-hosted and family-grown biomass fuel

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

Its always the one gas station that is a little run down and is the common place for violent crime