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Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight... Just What Nobody Asked For (fuelarc.com)

submitted 2 months ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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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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[–] cortex7979@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just want a car that drives and doesn't collect any tiny bit of data about me

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[–] Solocore@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Hard no on that shit

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

They picked some good frogs to test this on

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months 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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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

They could also just be A/B testing shit to see how much backlash they get.

[–] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 5 points 2 months 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.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

And so it begins.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Exactly why I wont buy any vehicle with any sort of network connection outside of the CANbus.

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