I found a patch for the problem.
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2026
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Does the ad need to be playing to dispense fuel or would these work just fine if they got accidentally dropped really hard?
a can of black spray paint might do the job well.
Gorilla tape.
This is a good point worth discussing.
To anybody thinking about vandalizing this thing:
DONT BREAK IT, not the screen, not the speakers and none of its electronics, you can create a shortcut, then a spark and YOU WILL KILL YOURSELF or the next person that uses the pump.
Paint and stickers are the way to go.
Googly eyes are the answer
Very Cyberpunky. The bad parts of Cyberpunk that is.
I could replace my urethra with a gas pump nozzle
But can I watch ads on it?
Advertising should be illegal.
yeah unless it's literal signs on your own building/workspace, or it's just your branding on your own product, etc. advertising must be illegal. they had their chance to be reasonable with it and they fucked it. the entire advertising industry deserves to be outlawed.
Good training for your wrist
That looks like something that won't last very long. I could be wrong, but my guess is that, being in the handles themselves, those screens are gonna get busted and they won't have made nearly enough from ad revenue to warrant replacing them on a regular basis. Here in the US we've got them built into the pumps so when you start pumping you get some loud ass commercials.
People often intentionally ruin the speakers though too.
Sometimes one of of pump buttons is mute... sometimes.
get yourself one of those emergency glass breakers that are spring loaded.
resist the plutocracy
Here in the u.s they have insanely loud fucking screens that scream commercials at you.
Like volume to the max.
Usually the physical buttons on the side will mute that. One of them do. Just press all of them next time
I will definitely try this. Thank you for the tip.
Have you considered vandalism?
Let's call it disabling or indispose as a public service.
Vandalism ( as they will undoubtedly will frame it) has a negative connotation.
Language used to fit the view of who uses it.
Like 'regime' (government we don't like) or officer involved shooting (pigs murdered someone).
Vandalism is always an answer. May not be the right answer, considering the question.
~~Hey Gina, what do you think would be a good fundraiser to help cover the funding gaps our shitty government leaves us with year after year?~~
~~Hey Bob, Joey's getting out of the hospital today and is going to have staggering debt because the purposefully inefficient private healthcare system has so much power over our elected officials.~~
Fuck it, I tried twice. Vandalism is the answer.
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I've started leaving if the thing shows me an ad, I just put the nozzle back the second the ad plays, gets me enough fuel to get to a non compromised station.
The most fucked is full serve stations with the ads. While my windows are up so Im safe, the poor staff have to listen to an entire gas station worth of pumps blaring ads all day.
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If you know someone who can get you some anti petrol stickers, esp ones that promote renewables and / or maybe the new Technology Connections video, please do so.
We don't have them on the nozzles, but our pumps blare out the audio at hearing damage volumes.
And they wonder why that brand of station is avoided.
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Vandalize it.
This was reported but I don't think it warrants censorship.
If you're taking this more seriously than it should be, just keep in mind that there will likely be legal consequences since gas stations frequently have plenty of cameras and ask yourself if this hill is worth dying on. You'll get charged and they'll just replace the damn things anyways.
I'm usually not in favor of this sort of thing. But I think there are some instances where that may be justified. This screen serves ZERO public benefit. It's just there to annoy you. So IMHO doing something like 3d printing a cover that you leave on the screen is a public service.
99% of advertisements serve zero public benefit. Its in society's best interest to actively hinder them whenever possible IMO.
Advertisement is the ruling classes' graffiti. Obliterating it is a public service.
I like this take
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This company went bankrupt btw 💯 I can only hope whatever chain decided to try this shit got ostracized too.
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Another win for electric cars, huh?
THIS is the answer. No ads are played on my front drive. Ever.
I know a guy with an electronic billboard truck who would happily park it in front of anyone's home who was exceptionally opposed to the idea.
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Next level : if you want it to fill your tank fast & ad free, you have to subscribe to a monthly card-club with Facial-Recognition, otherwise it keeps showing you ads & it fills your gas tank reeeeeally sloooOOOOoowly to make sure you watch at least 5 ads ^^
If you try to close the ad then the hose sucks the gasoline out of your tank but still charges you for the amount pumped. Also good luck getting the right fuel for your engine, the pump selection system has been replaced with a gacha game. Try again and maybe next time you'll get Diesel-chan!
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Sounds like something that could motivate me to wear a ring with a diamond. "oops. Seems diamonds really are a hard material..."
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