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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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[–] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 5 points 6 days ago

I would drive back to the seller istantly.

Car is mine. No internet connection if I don't won't, no data exchamge with the producer, nothing.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

That’s one way to increase running red lights.

Like that sounds like it should be banned by the ntsb or dot… oh wait they don’t exist anymore, or soon to be cut.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

If you've bought any Stellantis Fiat Chrysler Dodge Jeep etc. product in the last 20 years then you deserve this. Absolute junk.

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[–] PeteWheeler@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

I never thought I would say this, but thank god there are a bunch of car hobbiest in my area.

If this type of invasive shit becomes mainstream, I at least know that the auto community around me will be able to fix anything that gets put into my travel device.

[–] Superheavy@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Mmmm, delicious unbridled capitalism.

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[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

nobody deserves it more than dodge charger owners

[–] 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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[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Before starting the engine please watch this 30 second unskippable ad

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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.

Probably for bail bondsmen

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