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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

It's so insane how seemingly every company wants to fuck over all their customers these days. Their obsession with fucking infinite growth.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I'm surprised Dodge is trying this considering the thousands of memes of BMW implementing pay to use features on their vehicle ever since they added subscription heated seats.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Memes only matter if they effect revenue. If profit climbed then the stupid stays.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Memes don't matter if revenue climbed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Whenever I upgrade my car, if it has this “feature “ I will immediately change out the system.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago

"Please subscribe to continue operating your vehicle"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

time for a new sound system then, lmao

[–] [email protected] 41 points 18 hours 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 18 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

“Glitch”

More like

“Let’s see how people react”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't another car manufacturer have a similar "glitch" with in-car ads fairly recently? This story feels so familiar.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

Yes, Jeep, owned by Stellantis who also owns Dodge.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 19 hours 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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 21 hours 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 19 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 41 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

We need root on our car computers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

We need more dead ceos

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

And smart TVs, doorbell cameras, robo-vacuums, etc etc.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 20 hours ago

This is just asking to get rickroll’d.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

They'll start using the traction control sensors to circumvent this life hack

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (7 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You'd may as well run the red light

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