Yep. Most of the time someone has marked it somehow because it’s immensely annoying. That being said, there are a few stations that aren’t able to be muted, so I intentionally make a point to note whatever is being advertised and never buy it.
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Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
One of the side buttons mutes it. It varies though as far as I know.
Addv4@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
The speakers are often easy to bust by jamming a key through the slots ☺
toast@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
Or, you’re holding a nozzle that sprays liquid. Just douse the speaker in gasoline.
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Gas pumps live outside. Do you really expect a little liquid to hurt them?
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I try to only get gas at one specific local gas station that doesn’t do ads.
kamenlady@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ever came across something you really really wanted to buy, but it was “noted”?
Addv4@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you absolutely need it, then get it used or other method to where the original manufacturer who paid for the ad doesn’t profit, duh.
boeman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t think I want to buy used hotdogs
zephorah@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
That’s no longer a universal thing.
zerosignal@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The gas station I prefer has a mute button labeled on the pumps. Their ads are also less annoying because it’s mostly just promos for stuff in store.
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
A lot of them have been updated so that no longer works.
moseschrute@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I bet a piece of duct tape over the speaker would work. Also, whatever money they are paying the gas stations, they would probably still get that money even if you manually muted the speaker. Really feels like a win win 😀
gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hmm, maybe someone could make some stickers with anti-advertising/anti-capitalist slogans on them for the next person to see specifically for this purpose
moseschrute@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or even better, “Join Lemmy, it’s like Reddit with no ads”.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Well fuck. That’s terrible news.