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I would like meaningful regulation on advertising. Something to the effect of "STOP BLASTING MY FACE WITH ADS EVERY CHANCE YOU GET YOU SCUMFUCKERS"
There is a gas station nearby who runs non-stop unmutable (there is no mute button) ads. I don't go to that gas station anymore.
I HATE when I am forced to watch commercials, in front of my face on the gas pump, while I am pumping gas into my vehicle. I should really get a discount on my gas for that.
Somebody went around my town and busted over 200 of those over a weekend.
Dang, that's a lot. Were they caught?
Idk
I only remember because there were two gas stations by my house and one of them you could not get gas at all because it was an all electronic system but the other one still had the manual handles you could flip up and the pumps still worked when they turned it on inside even without the screen
Many of them I see have video cameras next to them. And most I've encountered have a separate video screen above the touch screen. You know, that way you don't have to miss your favorite ads while you fiddle with your card and put into your info and select if you want a receipt and if you want a carwash to go with your ad.
Just 200 in one night is a lot, I would think there'd be some carelessness leading to getting caught. Did most of the gas stations fix them and continue showing ads? Just curious.