We live in an advertising hellscape now. The biggest crock of crap is being forced to watch an advertisement at the freaking gas station as I pump my gas. I'll never voluntarily use those pumps ever again.
There is a fairly large gas station near me that doesn't have a silence button. It's a big-name, corpo-owned station (Speedway, now owned by 7-11).
No amount of button-mashing will cause it to cease.
It belts out loud advertising noise 24/7, from both sides of each pump (whether in-use or not). And because they're all apparently IP-connected, and no real attempt was made at synchronizing them, they're all free-running and slightly out-of-sync with eachother.
The result is an overwhelming cacophony that resembles a PA system that sounds like it was designed by an inebriated squirrel, and with system-tuning performed by a sadist with a grudge against humanity.
Previously (for decades), I went there frequently because it was convenient.
Today, they don't get any more of my money regardless of convenience.
But then again, someone will probably make a free adware-supported charging cable if there’s a buck to be made.