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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.
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.
Not to mention it has the potential to completely distract the driver when the light turns green and other traffic starts moving again.
I mean like I need another reason to NOT buy a Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep/Ram
We need root on our car computers.
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
it literally is a safety issue. people are going to die over this. it's just not illegal.
You'd may as well run the red light
That was my idea as well. You are providing a negative feedback for following the rules.
Welp, my days of not buying Dodge cars seem to be coming to a middle.
Be careful, it might be illegal to not buy one.
This is just asking to get rickroll’d.
Forget about just the web. Modern tech is about to become unusable due to ads.
If you just do a standing burnout at every light will it not pop up?
The folk with the random alphanumeric username, asking the real questions
Damn, I would be pissed if my car started showing ads. I hope this enshitification doesn't spread.
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.
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*
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”
Next thing you know they'll find a way to advertise in our dreams
Having a bad dream? Why don't you dream about RAID SHADOW LEGENDS instead! DIVE INTO A DARK FANTASY...
Two weeks ago it was Jeep. Now it's Dodge. This is how it creeps. Are both those companies owned by Crystler?
Yeah, zero surprise seeing this happen to Chrysler/Stellantis cars first.
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.
They really don't make them like they used to.
adds Dodge to the no buy list
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.
If this ever happens to any car I buy, it'd be going right back to the dealer.
Been doing this with Jeeps already. They claimed it was a mistake.
https://fortune.com/2025/02/13/jeep-in-car-ads-popup-stellantis-software-revenue/
"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
