• Cobrachicken@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Pumps at Westfalen stations in Germany promote their own payment app, and sometimes snacks in their stores. But no audio, and only adds in pics on the screens.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah I’ve seen those types of ads, although only as a sticker or poster by the pump

        Seems like companies these days would force ads into our dreams if they could

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        2 months ago

        Here, US, I have seen ones that create fake “news” clips that are just pro-petro-industrial propaganda, not just ads. Like I saw one that claimed that solar energy actually releases more greenhouse gasses than “contemporary” petroleum fuels.

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          Saw one waxing poetically about how good fracking is.

          My favorite ads I’ve seen are ones that play videos about basic traffic laws.

          “When you’re out driving, remember, it’s illegal to pass on a double yellow line! It’s the law!”

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      2 months ago

      Shouldnt suprise you but…US. (Possibly other countries) Years ago they started adding video screens to display certain things, so as natural progression goes….there’s a screen so there will be ads. Loud-as-shit video ads that play as soon as you start pumping. And when no one is at the pumps they cycle silent ad slideshows.

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        2 months ago

        Damn, audio especially sounds irritating. It seems we can’t escape ads these days…

        I’ve seen a few pumps with ads, but only in the form of a sticker or laminated poster advertising premium fuel or some random tat they’re selling in the garage shop.