Comment on Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder

• Blackfeathr@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And gas station ads, especially ones on max volume. Obnoxious ads blaring so loud that even if you sit in your car you can still hear them very loudly.

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  • crank0271@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Depending on the model of the pump, you can usually turn off the sound with one of the buttons on the right. The ones I have seen have four buttons on each side, and the second or third (or maybe bottom? I forget) button on the right will at least mute the ad. It’s worth a shot. It’s so obnoxious, it’s almost worth soaking it in gasoline.

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    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m so glad all the pumps that do that shit around me have a very large ‘<- MUTE’ sticker next to that button. I’ve gotten in the habit of just mashing that button as the gas starts flowing so I don’t have to hear that bullshit.

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      • GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’ve been meaning to learn how to sabotage the pump to get the ads to not even play. It’s on the list of anarchist things to do.

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    • Blackfeathr@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Several gas stations have disabled the mute button at least in my area.

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      • KittyCat@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That’s when you disable the speakers, permanently

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• ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Digital billboards suck, but everyone using those obnoxious, bright-ass LED headlights is way worse.

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  • njordomir@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I once slept in an apartment directly across the street from a broadway-sized LED billboard. It was a comparable experience to staring into those LED headlights. You could see it change >>through<< the blackout curtains.

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    • ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, that’s pretty fucking bad. You ever watch Seinfeld?

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