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@KayLeadfoot "You're either the customer or the product."

Ford: "Let's not be hasty..."

Well don't worry your brand new Dodge will last about 5-7 years max. So you won't be seeing those ads too long.

They're truly horrible horrible machines. GMC is about the only American brand worth anything and even they suck now.

Honda and Toyota is the way to go anything else and you're just wasting money.

Sucks they don't have super duty trucks for people that need those like hot shotters though.

When did ads become the one commodity to rule them all. They are used more like a threat rather than information. You have to pay to see them or pay to make them go away. Doesn't make sense. Have adverts replaced gold as the dollar standard? Weird. I guess they are good for money laundering due to the subjective nature of costs for "production", "design" and "talent".

Looked at my car radio the other day to see the name of the song playing. Evidently, it was called " injured, get 'xxxx' lawyer."

So now this is an ad? But when Apple does similar it's just letting you know about services offered. I consider both an ad.

I don't live in the US but the last time I rented a car there the UI was festooned with functionality for Sirius XM that couldn't be removed or hidden. Not small icons, but big fucking chunks of the screen. I find this kind of thing intolerable. It's one thing to plug a service but if people don't want it, then hide it away and don't nag them about it ever again.

I remember a while ago when this started appearing in chargers and they tried to act like it was an accident.

Feel like ads in cars should be illegal, but the US doesn't have a government that believes in good things.

Of course Stellantis was first to do it

It's kind of sweet that they write that you need at least RAM 1500 to get these ads in your truck, so that the solution simply is to install less RAM in your truck if you don't want the ads. (I've never owned a truck so I don't know how much RAM is normal, but 1500 sure sounds like a lot.)

I'm going to start pointing to this when I explain to people why I want "dumb" machines.

I don't want AI to "summarize" my google search, I don't want ads distracting drivers, I don't want a washing machine that needs updates, I don't want my TV to look at me, I want a submissive little machine that does task X.

Why do they keep trying to sell us things to improve "my lifestyle."

My lifestyle is pretty much work, then coming home to do errands, maybe video games. I don't need tacky truck nuts or whatever they're selling.

Apart from how insane it is to put obtrusive ads on a car dashboard, having to link your phone to your car and then call a phone number to opt out of touchscreen display ads is 🤯

There is going to be a reason that they've set it up like that.

Okay, cool. Hey, I'm now taking bets on how long until someone uses the ads to inject malware into a car or truck ...

This is why I'm not going to buy RAM / Dodge / Chrysler/ Jeep / anything Stellantis owns, and this is why I'm not buying any new car with "smart" / "built-in" junk.

I don't know of any car that has an actually good head unit. Its either garbage because its a giant touch screen, making it super difficult to navigate without looking (that's why all the controls in an airplane are different shapes and sizes), or its just a hub for you to run Android Auto / apples equivalent.

Now ads? Ffs...

How is this street legal? Can't use your phone but can have popup ads?

GM was talking pretty publicly about doing this a couple years ago and there was a mild dust up over it. They also mentioned enthusiasm over the potential revenue to come from mining and selling driver data (which got them sued) . Last I heard about it was late 2023 or early 2024, so it seems their new data team.has been busy.

Don kid yourselves though, if GM is doing it, everyone else is or will be.

I’m not buying any car made after 2015 ever.

"Well, you bought a Dodge Ram, so we know you're gullible as hell. Now to let the advertisers have their way with you."

And not even a fucking "don't show again" option. Either "call" or "remind me later". So there is no escape. Either take the ad in the ass or it'll show up again. Fuck that

This is just terrible. Every aspect of life doesn't need ads. I don't care if it makes a company money or not.

Time to hack / root cars…

I call on all hackers to defeat this parasitic disease from incorporating our everyday lives only to make money for its creators. Ads are a fucking disease and needs to be contrroled from entering our lives without our permission.

Driver distraction is a leading cause of accidents, including fatal ones. This is a total dealbreaker, should be illegal, and should result in Chrysler getting sued into nonexistence.

Eventually someone is going to get the idea that hospitals should start installing chips and screens into the skin of newborns and it either displays ads or it only cost $150k to have it removed. Thanks for having your baby at our hospital. The ads help pay for our CEO’s 4th mansion.

Have you ever seen a smart person driving a DUI1500?