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[–] RockBottom@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

For EV it‘s not a thing, is it?

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No because you just plug in and walk off or sit in your car, I can't think of any sane person that would spend money on advertising on an EV charger

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It could end up similar to the gas pump where whatever payment system is there will play ads before you pay for the electricity. You can even pay extra to skip the ads.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

Subscription LIFE.

Low income people are starved for knowledge (can't afford college) but drowning in information (can't avoid ads).

I hate this timeline.

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Shell has/had charging points that are attached to like 8 foot tall digital billboards. At one point they were playing tiktok lifehack content on them, presumably because nobody wanted to buy space.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yes and no...

Yes, you can just walk away, but your car is there for longer.

If its like the chargers at my local food shop, they are plastered with bigger and louder ads, but as before, go do other things.

If its a super-chaeger on the highway, your sorta stuck there.

EV chargers are a significantly more connected station.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

At worst you sit in the car and play whatever on the car screen or your phone for the 20 minutes to 80%