One of the gas stations near me started putting ads on their pumps, so I started carrying around blank paper and painters' tape to make a little cover for it, that way you can flip it up to pay, and then flip it back down to fill in peace. This screen, though, is exclusively for ads, so, theoretically, one could just smash the screen, and it will only be improved. Theoretically, that is.
If it's the standard one with four rectangular buttons on each side of the screen, the second button from the top on the right side should mute the audio. Ad will still play but at least you don't have to listen to it.
Where I live, that used to be a reliable way to mute the ads, but they've started disabling it as word gets out.
I accidentally invoked the admin menu once while screwing around with all of the buttons on one. It was kind of a thrill at first, but then I was worried I'd get caught on CCTV committing a "hacker crime" or some other fascist bullshit, so I just exited out of it.
I don't remember the exact sequence but it was something like I pressed all 4 of the outer buttons at the same time then pressed all 4 of the inner ones at the same time.
Oh nice! I will check next time. I try to avoid that gas station for obvious reasons. If that does actually work, I'll start writing instructions for muting on my flap of paper.
I won VIP thickets to Rock In Rio a couple years ago, and they had this in the urinals of the VIP area. It was supposed to show a stream of the shows but it just said server connection lost and a random local IP network (10.something) and there was an IT guy in the bathroom with a laptop connected to one of the urinals trying to fix the connection. I think it was the acid I took that day, cause I couldn't stop laughing at the absurdity of the scene.
Honestly if I had to choose a place or time to be subjected to an ad this ain't bad. That being said I can imagine how nasty it would get if not washed. Imagine how the color would shift over time
Oh my god, I fear you are on to something here. It's only a matter of time before some venue decides to make an ad-supported restroom that forces you to watch a 30-second video ad before you can enter the stall.
Bonus dystopia points if it has a camera for view tracking that pauses the ad if you close your eyes or look away.
That's different and would change my opinions. But once I get my drangus aimed, I'm looking straight ahead at a urinal anyway so a silent ad below my sight is whatever to me