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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) (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 months ago by Cattail@lemmy.world to c/assholedesign@lemmy.world

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[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 months ago (2 children)

99% of advertisements serve zero public benefit. Its in society's best interest to actively hinder them whenever possible IMO.

[–] asg101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Advertisement is the ruling classes' graffiti. Obliterating it is a public service.

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

I like this take

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

Well said

[–] hector@lemmy.today -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All right well I hate to disagree but advertisements do support a lot of websites and news organizations, or at least they used to before the tech Giants took most of the advertising money.

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, whose infrastructure are these gas pump advertisements propping up? Pretty sure this is just going towards lining someone's pockets.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

I was just responding to 99% of advertisement being whatever. Obviously this one is bullshit, a lot of it's bullshit. Maybe most.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This screen serves ZERO public benefit.

It's in a gas station, why would it?

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why shouldn't it? Or failing that, why should it be there at all? Fuck capitalism, fuck the constant attempt to extract value from every single moment of our existence.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Why shouldn’t it? Or failing that, why should it be there at all?

You answered already:

Fuck capitalism, fuck the constant attempt to extract value from every single moment of our existence.

Agreed.