id take the ads over the 20 questions it asks you before you can even select the fuel grade. and the button barely works so i have to press it 20 times
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Eh I like it, it gives me something to do while pumping...
Honestly I miss when they did news headlines instead of ads, ya hear me Cheddar News, I miss you
Is that the cheddar news youtube channel? They recently changed content and it sucks
There are enough options most places to vote with your wallet. It is ultimately meaningless to the machine, but at least you'll be somewhere with no ads or mutable ads.
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.
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
Come live in NJ. No ads!
I'm hoping this will never be the practice in Germany! We're using these gas pumps with LC Displays from the 80's so there can't be apps with ads on a screen. Also known as "German Digitization". (A buzz word for modern technology /sarc)
Please don't tell it to European oil concerns to update their gas pumps. Shhhhh 🤫I want to have it without ads 'til I'm to old to use a gas pump.
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Left hand side second button down -> mute. Might not work everywhere, but it's pretty satisfying to turn it off.
I typically find a way to turn it off. But at this one gas station, no luck. I panicked and tried all the buttons.
It's reaching a point where I'm considering buying a flipper zero or something just to turn this off
If theres snow on the ground you should take a handful of it and stuff it in the speaker hole. Works great. Or take some hand sanitizer and squirt it in there.
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