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Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console. That’s right, Dodge Charger owners are now experiencing an exciting new feature: pop-up ads that appear every time the vehicle stops at a light. This absolute garbage feature was spotted in the wild, take a look here.

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I saw this on Lenny about Jeeps. I asked someone sitting in a new Jeep if she got ads when she came to a stop and she said no. So now I wonder if there is something about the trim level or something. She said it was 1 year old. Maybe this just started.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 days ago

They could also just be A/B testing shit to see how much backlash they get.

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This offends me to the core. Stellantis has made my shit list, and I will never purchase any product they are involved in. EVER !

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Some day every surface we look at will have advertising on it. Some Day.

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[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 days ago

Like the ridiculous subscription mouse a few months back, I'd be willing to bite with the right incentives, but those aren't incentives the manufacturer is going to be OK with. I'd take a car with ads, so long as it was sufficiently discounted compared to a normal car. And then I'd look up how to disable the ads.

[–] prembil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Well let's just wait for the next "hacarthon" and see who can play DOOM on the pop-up first.

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