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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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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Ok I guess. I'm not sure where else you would get gas

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago (4 children)

why would you get gas? electric vehicles are so much more comfortable

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because they are not practical? Not to mention they are a privacy and freedom nightmare

[–] rikonium@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

Sorry to be the one but the privacy and freedom issue is independent of powertrain. Some earlier models before the automakers went upmarket with EVs were perfectly normal. Now the tablet-on-dash, telematics and other data collection has become pervasive in EVs but now it’s in full-force on ICE vehicles for quite some time. A Mach E and Colorado can both be, and have been, bricked by a bad OTA update.

Practicality though also will vary. If people were used to charging at home all the time, telling people that they have to visit a business to refuel every X days or Y miles would seem odd just because it’s quite different than people think is normal.

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