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Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop

tech.slashdot.org Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop - Slashdot

"In-dash advertising is here and Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, and Ram, beat everyone to further enshittification," writes longtime Slashdot reader sinij. "Ads can be seen in this video." From a report: In a move that has left drivers both frustrated and bewildered, Stell...

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Can't wait for the "the doors will remain locked for the length of the ad" update. /s
- The horror I felt at reading this, and not in a sci-fi horror way. In a "watching Black Mirror from three seasons ago and realizing this will happen next year" kind of way.
- Just like how tvs, phones and computers won't stop ads until you make full eye contact with the screen with volume up. It's not here yet but I bet by 2030 we'll have must watch ads
  
  Please insert the verification can into your anus to continue your scheduled programming
  
  Verification rake*
  
  A few years ago I left Google and ads behind for more privacy and freedom. I'm not having many regrets
  
  I’m walking off into the woods if that happens. Dying in a week can’t be worse than that.
  
  Bold of you to assume there will be any woods by then.
  
  At that point we're mounting mannequin heads
- Luckily it’s a jeep, so you can just take those off.
  
  The old ones, sure, the new ones would probably have a panic attack and throw an ECU tantrum.
  
  For now, yes.
- "Volume control disabled."
  Then the windows all go opaque so you can't be distracted by the outside world
- Don't giv'em ideas...
- Don't giv'em ideas...

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