Video showing ads on dashboard.
Video itself starts with a QR code ad embedded into it. And it's on Youtube so who knows how many ads I skipped with uBlock...
Adception.
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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I thought this was the onion for a moment
Furthermore: Slashdot still exists? And it still has an active community in the comments!?
Lemmy alone hasn't been enough to replace reddit for me; I should see if I still remember my old password...
This webpage is broken. It doesn't have content until you allow thrid-party scripts.
There are no high end middle class cars now. Used be if you got an audi, merc, beamer etc. You were part of an in group where youngot extras. Now you spend 80K and they want you to subscribe for cruise control and AC. Lambourghini and porsche dropped back to entrr the market and only brought their badge.
"Speed", but instead of a vehicle exploding, it's to avoid ads.
Officer, "Why'd you run that red light?"
Me, "If I hear the Meow Mix jingle one more time I'm gonna snap!"
Jeep, having heard you mention a product, dutifully plays the relevant ad.
Officer: Why were you speeding?
Me: Wanted to avoid ads.
This isn't even funny... This is something people will do. Jeep doesn't give a fuck about safety. FUCK Jeep.
Jeep isn't a true company anymore it's just another brand under Stellantis. So FUCK stellantis and every other brand under them.
So does this mean I can stop hearing about stupid "Jeep Culture" bullshit now?
Hey, you might want to team up with Sony...
DRINK VERIFICATION CAN!
Roll verification coal to continue
FTFY
Is this real?? Do you have the source?
I'm lost for words.
...what if the whole family is watching? Does everyone have to raise their hands and yell "McDonalds"? Including the kids?
This might just as well be used in "smart" fridges. "Do this corporate dance to get 20% off your next Corn Flakes"
There's just no way I'm ever going to do this.
Honestly, I'd rather go forage for twigs and berries than interact with ads.
Here you go
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sony-patent-mcdonalds/
Edit: I didn't see the other comment, oops
I heard the new 2025 model wallops you in the bollocks every time you pull the parking brake.
Holy shit. For the love of Luigi, this is terrorism.
It's only terrorism when poor people do it.
I wonder if disconnecting the car’s cell antenna would prevent this crap from loading.
Does this car have Android Auto/Carplay? Hopefully while that is active you can’t see the ad either.
Could be like some of those TVs that have baked-in ads. So if you don't have a data connection, they'll just play the default ones.
Edit: I imagine that the car to prevent you from unplugging the antenna would probably do the classic, "I haven't had a data connection in X amount of time, therefore I cannot verify the security of the device, so we're going to prevent the use of autoplay."
They generally go into limp mode if they cannot report on you.
I mean it's a Jeep. You don't buy that if you don't want a limp car, anyways. :P
Now people will even more inclined to not stop when needed...
I was looking for a car a few months ago and was looking at newer models, used, but mostly less than a decade old. Then I started reading about all the tracking and such.
I gave in to my inner teenager and bought a 2001 Porsche 911.
The entertainment center can connect via Bluetooth but there's no Android Auto, no navigation. It has Sirius XM but I never had a subscription to it and never will.
I might add a backup camera but that's it. My phone is more than enough tracking, even with as much of it shut off as possible.
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