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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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[–] PeteWheeler@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If we had actual regulation here this would be illegal for distracting driving.

Illegal to look at phone (I know everyone does it and isn't enforced, but still illegal on paper) but not illegal to watch this short message from our sponsors?

I hate living through a bad joke. Much rather read about this shit and laugh then wondering what the next stupid thing is.

cringe cyberpunk. worst genre to live in. at least in the grim darkness of the future you can admit how bad it is.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It seems like displaying an ad at a stop light would be a safety issue since it makes it so you can onky look at the screen while moving.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Not to mention it has the potential to completely distract the driver when the light turns green and other traffic starts moving again.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

I mean like I need another reason to NOT buy a Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep/Ram

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

We need root on our car computers.

[–] elatedCatfish@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Blows my mind that this kind of stuff isn’t a safety issue… I guess as long as it’s “touch-free” it’s not considered distracted driving lol

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it literally is a safety issue. people are going to die over this. it's just not illegal.

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[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I am so happy that my car doesn’t update itself automatically

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[–] midori_matcha@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You'd may as well run the red light

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

That was my idea as well. You are providing a negative feedback for following the rules.

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 181 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Welp, my days of not buying Dodge cars seem to be coming to a middle.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Be careful, it might be illegal to not buy one.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

This is just asking to get rickroll’d.

[–] ray1992xd@feddit.nl 28 points 1 day ago

Forget about just the web. Modern tech is about to become unusable due to ads.

[–] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you just do a standing burnout at every light will it not pop up?

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

The folk with the random alphanumeric username, asking the real questions

[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 97 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Damn, I would be pissed if my car started showing ads. I hope this enshitification doesn't spread.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 62 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Dodge dropped 29% in sales in the USA last year, and something tells me, this isn't going to have folks lining up to buy Chargers in 2025. Watch the free market* take care of this one.

*Unless you're Tesla, in which case the market costs $277 million to purchase.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Narrator: "It spread. A lot. Like, a lot a lot. Really you wouldn't believe how much it spread. It spread like Domino's™ all new creamy red sauce on only the freshest of dough seasoned wi---"

*car crashes*

[–] Devadander@lemmy.world 63 points 1 day ago

I thought GM foregoing CarPlay in favor of their own proprietary UI was a great way to kill sales, this is absolutely genius. Way to ensure I would never purchase your products!

“Glitch”

More like

“Let’s see how people react”

[–] bluegreenwookie@bookwormstory.social 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Next thing you know they'll find a way to advertise in our dreams

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Having a bad dream? Why don't you dream about RAID SHADOW LEGENDS instead! DIVE INTO A DARK FANTASY...

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[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Two weeks ago it was Jeep. Now it's Dodge. This is how it creeps. Are both those companies owned by Crystler?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago

Yeah, zero surprise seeing this happen to Chrysler/Stellantis cars first.

[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's called Stellantis now.

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[–] beregoth@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Took my Dodge vehicle in for service. They wanted my email address "so they can get in touch with me if I don't answer the phone." I gave it to them.

It took less than half a day for the first spam mail to hit my inbox.

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[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They really don't make them like they used to.

adds Dodge to the no buy list

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[–] weew@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago

You know, I always expected Tesla to be the first to do this kind of shit, but never underestimate Stellantis's commitment to be at the bottom.

[–] SuperSleuth@lemm.ee 22 points 1 day ago (5 children)

If this ever happens to any car I buy, it'd be going right back to the dealer.

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] DogEarBookmark@reddthat.com 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

"Oops! We accidentally incorporates ads into our software! It was an honest mistake..."

I've never wanted to go smashing car windows in a lot until now

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