Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop
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Mazda is supposedly one of the last major automakers that has mostly physical controls in their cars. Definitely at the top of my list for any future car purchases.
My 2023 Mazda has a touch screen but you never actually have to touch it. In fact, they put it far enough away that it is difficult to touch while driving and disable the touch when the car is moving. There are knobs and buttons in-between the front seats that control it. Also none of the important stuff is controlled through the infotainment system, it is just settings, satnav, and radio (or Android Auto/carplay). Not having to interact with a touch surface while driving is one of my favorite features of my car, and there are a lot of other things that I love about it too.
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Disgusting. Why would anyone pay for that?
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This webpage is broken. It doesn't have content until you allow thrid-party scripts.
Sorry I don't check if a webpage requires 3rd party scripts before I post them for you. Leave it blocked and moved on I guess?
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Furthermore: Slashdot still exists?
Slashdot still has a good feed of articles. I never quit it
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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."
Or there's an LTE chip soldered in there somewhere...
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Hey, you might want to team up with Sony...
Want there also something about showing ads while your show is paused now too?
I'm ready to go back to kodi.
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Absolutely fucking not.
Though it does sound like a good kicker for the after market systems to make a comeback.
Custom flashes are probably more likely given the system integration of the head unit. UBlock for your car. How crazy is that?
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Turns out regulations are good for businesses.
They're good for longevity, but they're bad for quarterly profits. In the US, we care much more for the latter.
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Want there also something about showing ads while your show is paused now too?
I'm ready to go back to kodi.
Happens on Prime now
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Sorry honey, I had to crash the Honda.
Who’s chopper is this?
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Slashdot still has a good feed of articles. I never quit it
Yep it is slow but steady.
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I completely crossed off all GM cars due to lack of CarPlay. I am boycotting Tesla. I don’t trust BMW because they tried to make heated seats a subscription. Now Jeep and Stellantis?
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I completely crossed off all GM cars due to lack of CarPlay. I am boycotting Tesla. I don’t trust BMW because they tried to make heated seats a subscription. Now Jeep and Stellantis?
I’m on year 9 of my 10 year car plan. Current vehicle is supposed to become the kidmobile and I planned on a new one.
I won’t buy a new car though. If I do replace mine, it will be a used, unconnected car. I am so tired of iPads on wheels.
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Who’s chopper is this?
It's Zed's.
Who's Zed?
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It's Zed's.
Who's Zed?
Zed's dead, baby.
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I completely crossed off all GM cars due to lack of CarPlay. I am boycotting Tesla. I don’t trust BMW because they tried to make heated seats a subscription. Now Jeep and Stellantis?
To be honest, I would just get an old car and fit a tablet into it
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Stop
Buying New Shit I could run a whole community on how to recycle, reuse, repurpose. Why the hell are people buying new cars?!
Make that community. I'll join up.
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Disgusting. Why would anyone pay for that?
Just you wait until the windshields become screens as well. Full windshield ads baybe!
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I work in the auto industry. Can confirm, Stellantis is in bad shape. I wouldn't buy anything from them.
Out of curiosity, who would you buy from?
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You don't need to be allergic to advertisement to avoid shit like this. The fucking audacity of companies these days. There is no place they won't get to shove the damn things to the detriment of every product, service, and personal moment. If they could put screens under your eyelids you'd have to watch drug ads one blink at a time and your dreams would be sponsored by AT&T.
Yeah there's a huge difference between advertisements in free media vs advertisements in a car you almost certainly had to get a loan to purchase
