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 21 hours ago
One of the side buttons mutes it. It varies though as far as I know.
Addv4@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
The speakers are often easy to bust by jamming a key through the slots ☺
toast@retrolemmy.com 14 hours ago
Or, you’re holding a nozzle that sprays liquid. Just douse the speaker in gasoline.
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 18 hours ago
I try to only get gas at one specific local gas station that doesn’t do ads.
kamenlady@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Ever came across something you really really wanted to buy, but it was “noted”?
Addv4@lemmy.world 18 hours 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 8 hours ago
I don’t think I want to buy used hotdogs
zephorah@lemm.ee 21 hours ago
That’s no longer a universal thing.
zerosignal@lemmy.world 21 hours 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 21 hours ago
A lot of them have been updated so that no longer works.
moseschrute@lemmy.world 21 hours 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 21 hours 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 20 hours ago
Or even better, “Join Lemmy, it’s like Reddit with no ads”.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz 19 hours ago
Well fuck. That’s terrible news.