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.
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.
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.
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.
This is one of the reasons why e-bikes are not a favorite of mine. Some are obviously fairly simple and not IoT/cloud connected/AI/buzzword, but others, like VanMoof, needed an app to unlock the bike. So it would indeed be easy to display an ad before being able to unlock some e-bikes. They can be like modern cars and spy on their users too. Gotta be very careful when shopping and buying one of these.
Definitely good to consider. Any sort of connectivity on an ebike seems weird to me - I would want to charge it and choose a speed/throttle, not internet features.
It's not always easy. I had to move. My new city/region has barely adequate public transit and my country has abysmal train services. So my bike is the main way to move around. It's really nice for short distances. Even longer ones in summer. I love it. I have panniers, trailers, and pull my inflatable kayak to the lakes and rivers around.
However intercity travel here is horrible without a car. We have a pretty decent network of dedicated bike paths spreading like a web from my city and going into the countryside, but I don't always want to cycle 300 km to and fro to visit my parents. Plus, it's winter right now, so I rely a lot more on public transit, and sometimes it really makes me wish I would have a car instead of having to deal with underfunded transit and bike networks.
I watch the people standing up in the crowded bus, that has to leave people behind at some stops because it's full, and I think to myself that society really really wants people to own a car; that transit users tolerate a lot of shit. And unfortunately, using public transit is also being subjected to an insane amount of ads.
That's why I love my bike so much. But it would also be hypocrite of myself not to acknowledge that I sometimes stop at gas stations while bike touring, because I also need some fuel, like a sandwich and some electrolytes. There's going to be ads inside and the cashier might even offer a lottery ticket. No way to escape them.
Still, if you wish to be car free, I hope you can attain that goal. Because even with that said, it's satisfying to move myself and my stuff without a car, or not having to constantly pay for gas. In a world where cars are systematic, at least where I live, it feels like an accomplishment to do things without one.
Yeah, I have an e-bike I rarely use. At one point I had a job close by and I could bike along some walking trails and through a neighborhood on the street to get there, but when I left and got a new job the place is on the other side of the city. I could use it to make grocery trips, but I drive by the store on the way to and from work. Makes more sense to combine trips. Or I’m shopping on the weekends with my wife, who is disabled.
Public transit here… exists, but it takes an inordinately long amount of time to get from point A to B. The rail service is a single line and has the same problem, also doesn’t run all day and there’s only maybe two trains.
How did that not get swing smashed into the ground day one?! You even have perfect plausible deniability. "Oops, I accidentally dropped it with extreme prejudice".
What sort of troglodytes are pumping gas where you live that they spill it on the handle?? I've literally never seen that on bezine pumps. Diesel pumps for trucks or light fuel oil pumps sometimes but never regular benzine pumps
Wow that is pathetic. I thought it was practically the lowest they could stoop when they added ads to pause screens on streaming TV services. I was wrong.
67 Comments
Bahnd@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 199d
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.
SpacePirate@lemmy.ml · 30 pts · 199d
If it has four on the left and four on the right of the screen, it is one down from the top right.
Ste41th@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 199d
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
InFerNo@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 198d
We have "Super95" and "Super98" being regular and premium.
RockBottom@feddit.org · 8 pts · 199d
For EV it‘s not a thing, is it?
Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 199d
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
FireRetardant@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 199d
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.
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 199d
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.
ebolapie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 199d
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.
Bahnd@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 199d
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.
psud@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 199d
At worst you sit in the car and play whatever on the car screen or your phone for the 20 minutes to 80%
Saapas@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 199d
I'd be fine with the payment screen ads. I don't look at it anyway
iamthetot@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 199d
How is advertisement theft?
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 199d
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.
Bahnd@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 199d
This is correct, it is a linguistic stretch, but it gets my feelings across and is short and quipy.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · -1 pts · 199d
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.
pedz@lemmy.ca · 45 pts · 199d
I've been car free all my life and not pumping gas into a multi ton vehicle that burns it to move everywhere I go is one of the nice parts.
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 199d
Another car free lifer here!
GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 199d
To unlock your pedals, please watch this 30 second ad.
(AD)
Uh oh! It looks like your ad display battery is low and the pedals cannot be unlocked! Please charge the ad display to use your bike.
pedz@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 199d
This is one of the reasons why e-bikes are not a favorite of mine. Some are obviously fairly simple and not IoT/cloud connected/AI/buzzword, but others, like VanMoof, needed an app to unlock the bike. So it would indeed be easy to display an ad before being able to unlock some e-bikes. They can be like modern cars and spy on their users too. Gotta be very careful when shopping and buying one of these.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 199d
Mine doesn't need an app and can be used without any such one.
GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 199d
Definitely good to consider. Any sort of connectivity on an ebike seems weird to me - I would want to charge it and choose a speed/throttle, not internet features.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 5 pts · 199d
I truly wish I was in a situation where I could do the same.
pedz@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 199d
It's not always easy. I had to move. My new city/region has barely adequate public transit and my country has abysmal train services. So my bike is the main way to move around. It's really nice for short distances. Even longer ones in summer. I love it. I have panniers, trailers, and pull my inflatable kayak to the lakes and rivers around.
However intercity travel here is horrible without a car. We have a pretty decent network of dedicated bike paths spreading like a web from my city and going into the countryside, but I don't always want to cycle 300 km to and fro to visit my parents. Plus, it's winter right now, so I rely a lot more on public transit, and sometimes it really makes me wish I would have a car instead of having to deal with underfunded transit and bike networks.
I watch the people standing up in the crowded bus, that has to leave people behind at some stops because it's full, and I think to myself that society really really wants people to own a car; that transit users tolerate a lot of shit. And unfortunately, using public transit is also being subjected to an insane amount of ads.
That's why I love my bike so much. But it would also be hypocrite of myself not to acknowledge that I sometimes stop at gas stations while bike touring, because I also need some fuel, like a sandwich and some electrolytes. There's going to be ads inside and the cashier might even offer a lottery ticket. No way to escape them.
Still, if you wish to be car free, I hope you can attain that goal. Because even with that said, it's satisfying to move myself and my stuff without a car, or not having to constantly pay for gas. In a world where cars are systematic, at least where I live, it feels like an accomplishment to do things without one.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 4 pts · 199d
Yeah, I have an e-bike I rarely use. At one point I had a job close by and I could bike along some walking trails and through a neighborhood on the street to get there, but when I left and got a new job the place is on the other side of the city. I could use it to make grocery trips, but I drive by the store on the way to and from work. Makes more sense to combine trips. Or I’m shopping on the weekends with my wife, who is disabled.
Public transit here… exists, but it takes an inordinately long amount of time to get from point A to B. The rail service is a single line and has the same problem, also doesn’t run all day and there’s only maybe two trains.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 23 pts · 199d
Nothing a bit of spray paint won’t cover.
Edited - with all the cameras at gas stations maybe a sticker is a better idea.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 199d
Or even just a “fuck you” sticker.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 199d
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 198d
moral imperative
entwine@programming.dev · 17 pts · 199d
Someone should design a 3d printable cover that can be attached to cover the screen, and then go around covering them all.
Paint or stickers might count as vandalism if you're caught, but a removable cover is probably safe
Edit: sorry, the microplastics crept into my brain when I wrote this. Fuck 3d printing, just use a piece of cardboard and tape lmao
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 199d
Make sure you don't accidentally drip any nail polish remover/acetone on the bright screen, it woud instantly make it cloudy and blurry.
piecat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 199d
Isn't gasoline a pretty good solvent?
MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 199d
Wait; I have to watch this ad before my toilet paper is dispensed and I can wipe my ass…🙄
human@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 199d
Literal enshittification.
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 199d
How did that not get swing smashed into the ground day one?! You even have perfect plausible deniability. "Oops, I accidentally dropped it with extreme prejudice".
Otiz@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 199d
Not even surprised anymore
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 199d
Holy shit, I thought the US was bad.
Id smash that screen.
uberdroog@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 199d
raldone01@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 199d
🤢🤮
Reading that article made me feel sick. I would hate myself if that was one of my achievements in the world.
Thanks for linking though.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 199d
id like to hit whoever came up with that idea with een baguette
Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 199d
Smarter Nozzle
18107@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 199d
Time to switch to an EV?
Calfpupa@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 199d
Try your emergency glass breaking hammer on it?
GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social · 5 pts · 199d
WOW, THAT IS BLANKED-UP, I hate Capitalism’s commercialization.
Saapas@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 199d
What's with the plastic glove thing?
Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 199d
I mean, it's an object that's touched by thousands of people a day and might drip gasoline.
Not many people use it from what I've seen, but it's nice to have as an option.
Saapas@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 199d
I wonder if some use gloves for door handles for similar reason
Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 199d
Surely those people do exist 🤷🏼
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 199d
Gasoline is disgusting
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 5 pts · 199d
But it smells so good
Beacon@fedia.io · 2 pts · 199d
Yes! Most people give a raised eyebrow when i tell them that i like the smell of gasoline
Saapas@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 199d
What sort of troglodytes are pumping gas where you live that they spill it on the handle?? I've literally never seen that on bezine pumps. Diesel pumps for trucks or light fuel oil pumps sometimes but never regular benzine pumps
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 199d
Yes, they are meant for the diesel pump on the other side of the ail, but many folks prefer to use them for gasoline as well. I can't blame them
bstix@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 199d
The last guy to hold that handle held something else in his hand beforehand. Hint: It's his dick.
Saapas@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 199d
So technically our dicks were touching by proxy?
bstix@feddit.dk · 1 pts · 199d
Yes, your's, his, the entire village. Everybody having a finger gang bang on that gas nozzle.
The glove is a hand condom.
Saapas@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 199d
So not only was I filling up my bezine sub, I was touching all the other bezine doms?
flango@lemmy.eco.br · 1 pts · 199d
Covid and stuff maybe?
blackris@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 199d
You should defenitively use it, when you fill up diesel fuel. I have no idea why exactly, though.
Saapas@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 199d
I don't think we have those
Maeve@kbin.earth · 4 pts · 199d
I imagine they will go from the payment screen to the pump here, soon. I turn my back, either way.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 199d
Wow that is pathetic. I thought it was practically the lowest they could stoop when they added ads to pause screens on streaming TV services. I was wrong.
fatalicus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 198d
It probably won't last much longer, seeing as the company that made them went bankrupt last year.
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 199d
How you liking your Volvo?
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 199d
This seems like a fire hazard
Griffus@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 199d
You guys still use fossil cars down there? But why?
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de · -4 pts · 199d
If a significant amount of people are going to stare at a space for a while, it might be used as an ad platform...
It doesn't have a lot to do with cars though, more with attention economy.
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 199d
I think the problem here is that your statement is implying that an "attention economy" is a perfectly ordinary thing to have exist.