Is there an answer to this? I have a billion contacts from work (vendors, coworkers, etc) and my personal life. I don’t use any social media other than this and Discord (I know, I know) so I don’t think anyone other than Apple and Google have them. I’d like to stop feeding all of this into the machine but I can’t think of any good alternatives off the top of my head besides carrying around a physical book of phone numbers with me, and that’s not really a solution that works for me.
They don’t have to work, you just have to convince people they do.
- Sell the gas station operator on increased revenue (whether they ever see increased revenue from it or not is irrelevant — I would assume they are unlikely to stop once they have ad pumps in). They might not opt for ad pumps next time, but that’s a problem for future you.
- Sell businesses on thousands of people staring at these pumps every day.
- All parties are now invested in this ecosystem, and it’ll be a while before they determine whether or not it’s worth the money — or even having an effect.
Isn’t this solved by having your car serviced with an independent mechanic? The only catch is warranty work, which is pretty unavoidable unless you’re willing to pay for repairs in lieu of free ones.