• Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    My local gas stations just play ads on the payment screen. There was a mute button (usually top right, even if it was unlabled) but some have disabled that. I keep a note of those who do and have stopped going there.

    Remember folks, Advertisment is theft and vote with your wallet.

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      10 hours ago

      If it has four on the left and four on the right of the screen, it is one down from the top right.

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        34 minutes ago

        Lmfao you have 3 types of unleaded, the uk has normal and premium that’s pretty much it. Then diesel I think has normal and premium

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        10 hours ago

        No because you just plug in and walk off or sit in your car, I can’t think of any sane person that would spend money on advertising on an EV charger

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          Shell has/had charging points that are attached to like 8 foot tall digital billboards. At one point they were playing tiktok lifehack content on them, presumably because nobody wanted to buy space.

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          10 hours ago

          It could end up similar to the gas pump where whatever payment system is there will play ads before you pay for the electricity. You can even pay extra to skip the ads.

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            10 hours ago

            Subscription LIFE.

            Low income people are starved for knowledge (can’t afford college) but drowning in information (can’t avoid ads).

            I hate this timeline.

      • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
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        10 hours ago

        Yes and no…

        Yes, you can just walk away, but your car is there for longer.

        If its like the chargers at my local food shop, they are plastered with bigger and louder ads, but as before, go do other things.

        If its a super-chaeger on the highway, your sorta stuck there.

        EV chargers are a significantly more connected station.

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        7 hours ago

        It’s someone else selling your time/attention/quiet peace without your consent so I guess you could sort of see that as theft. In the same way that kidnapping is theft of your freedom, but then almost everything is theft if you word it right.

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        8 hours ago

        It definitely isn’t theft.

        It’s annoying as fuck, disregards all forms of consent, and is borderline harassment and a violation of privacy.

        I don’t see how it’s theft.

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      10 hours ago

      I’d be fine with the payment screen ads. I don’t look at it anyway