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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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We can't even pump fuel anymore without holding a digital billboard (Netherlands) (i.redd.it)
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[–] Damage@feddit.it 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

WTF. And this is profitable?

[–] crater2150@feddit.org 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

a filling gun with built-in display that was supposed to make refuelling more attractive

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Lmao, lmfao even.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Standard at most American gas stations now, but screen is on pump base and super loud. What do you mean profitable? Are you questioning whether ads generate revenue??

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, advertising is more or less a zero-sum game. Showing more ads to someone does not mean they have more money to spare.
So, there's only so many slices you can cut the advertising cake into. And this concept just feels like someone is spending far too much money for far too small of a slice, for them to be able to make that money back.

Well, and the nozzle company did go bankrupt as someone else commented, so I guess, that answers that question either way...

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Screens are cheap man. Advertising is highly profitable and effective. You aren't inonnated with a zero-sum game. It's far from saturation. If it's somewhere your eyeballs point there is profit to be made by putting ads there.

[–] NightFantom@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

No, just more revenue than the increased vandalism

[–] Damage@feddit.it 0 points 3 months ago

Putting a screen on the nozzle is more expensive than reusing the pump screen which was already there, and it's bound to break more often.