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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] 23 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Stuck in traffic......introducing, the all new 2025 elantra! Hyundai has done it again! We all known it sounds like sentra but they keep making new elantras every year! Now just 54,978.73 with a 56% Apr amortized weekly!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

What's sad is a significant amount of people have simply been conditioned to accept that level of noise in their lives.

If things are quieter and they aren't getting products shoved in their faces 24/7, they become visibly uncomfortable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Lol seriously! When we had our first kid and moved to a new place we didn't unpack the TV at all and that made things inside the house quiet. Like weird quiet.

[–] r4venw 12 points 8 hours ago

The quiet means you have to deal with your own thoughts and theyre certainly not going to do that!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I really fucking dislike that you used Hyundai when they are like the one company that still does cool fucking shit at prices normal people can afford.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

They are also one of the worst ones at collecting your data

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 minutes ago* (last edited 45 seconds ago)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2024/10/11/is-your-car-spying-on-you-the-alarming-truth-about-car-data-collection/

I recall seeing a visual of it too. I'll see if I can dig it up.

E:https://www.choice.com.au/about-us/media/media-releases/2024/october/choice-reveals-which-car-brands-are-tracking-you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Is a forced subscription to use basic features included in this supposed "cool fucking shit"?

Because they do that, now I won't tell you how to live but I would not categorize selling basic features back to me as "cool fucking shit"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

yeah, I don't get why Hyundai doesn't run it's servers for free thus avoiding having to have the customer be charged for it.

also they should be developing the app for free, by just not paying developers, what a genius idea you have, let me contact Hyundai Corporate right away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

Remote start doesn't need a server, Unlocking your doors doesn't need a server and temp controls don't need a server. These are thing that are controlled and operated locally, But Hyundai sure as fuck thinks they do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 minutes ago

You're right they shouldn't charge for it. That's why you buy a car, it's not like they don't make money selling you a car.