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[–] 87 points 8 months ago* (19 children)

What is extra odd is when people don't bother with even the small stuff. I have a friend that just accepts Youtube ads exists. He is aware of Ublock Origin, he knows how to install it. He has used Youtube with no ads before. Yet he complains about the ads he willingly accepts.

I don't get it.

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  • [–] 41 points 8 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (10 children)

    I'm so thankful my parents made us mute tv commercials as a kid.

    Now I've gotta stare off into space at the gas pump cuz they started blaring obnoxiously bright video ads.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago* (7 children)

    Normally you can press one of the buttons to turn those off. The mute button is unlabeled, of course, but in my experience every one of these I’ve come across can be muted. Annoying as fuck in principle, no doubt.

    Edit: you were talking about the display, not noise. Leaving this here anyway in case someone else didn’t know they can be muted

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago* (6 children)

    I’ve heard this rumor before but I’ve never found a mute button on a single pump. I’ve pressed them all.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    At the one gas pump in my town that does it, it's the second or third button on the right side of the screen.
    And if they ever patch that, I'm filling the speaker holes with spray foam.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    JFC your guys gas pump ads have SOUND???

    Here I am bitching about screen brightness. Pretty sure that would be illegal in Canada. At least I friggin hope it is.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago*

    Turning off TVs with adds has been the only usage I've been getting out of my Flipper zero. Doesn't work always, but I did have some success and I'll always try whenever I have to spend time longer time anywhere.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    I have older family members that have started muting TV ads, and occasionally ask for help when the ad blocker doesn't work. They aren't all that tech literate, but even they would probably wonder how anybody deals with the ad-full, unfiltered Net.

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