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Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder (www.theregister.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 20 points 7 months ago (9 children)

even in the real world you are bombarded by ads from every angle

I despise the digital billboards that now litter highways and roads that gets congested during rush hours. And especially at night when they just ignore brightness laws and blinding everyone and endangering drivers.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago* (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    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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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    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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