Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop
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Holy shit. Luigi.
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Turns out regulations are good for businesses.
Regulations are definitely excellent for both businesses and consumers in the long term. But businesses are often too stupid to see past ANYTHING "quarterly".
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Is this real?? Do you have the source?
Here you go
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sony-patent-mcdonalds/
Edit: I didn't see the other comment, oops
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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.
Part of me is annoyed that I didn't get a Mazda 3 when I got my car back in 2023, I got a 2021 Seat Leon FR PHEV Hatchback.
I like the Leon, but it has so much touch controls.
The worst is the controls for the fog lights, heated rear window and defrost.
They are all located on a small touch panel to the right of the steering wheel, it is also angled down making it harder to see.
So if I am driving and the windows start to fog up I need to take my eyes off the road and aim my finger to touch the correct button without touching any other controls as I might be blinding other drivers.
It is a terrible design.
The AC and battery management screens are all under different submenus on the infotainment screen.
The rest of the car is great though, and so far i have not seen any ads on the screen.
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I heard the new 2025 model wallops you in the bollocks every time you pull the parking brake.
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I bought a 2025 Kia Sportage before the new Trumpflation taxes went into effect. No ads at all. I would have been pretty damn mad to see ads. Weird that Jeep has decided to self destruct.
Self-destructing is their key feature.
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Self-destructing is their key feature.
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"Speed", but instead of a vehicle exploding, it's to avoid ads.
Officer: Why were you speeding?
Me: Wanted to avoid ads.
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I wonder if disconnecting the car’s cell antenna would prevent this crap from loading.
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So does this mean I can stop hearing about stupid "Jeep Culture" bullshit now?
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"Check Engine light on again? Check out the new 2027 Jeep Wagoneer! You'll definitely get more miles out of the new one compared to the 2025 model thats now broken"
"To allow a mechanic to access the oil tank, please subscribe to our Premium Oil Change and Maintenance tier. Only $12.99/month. Your oil tank will remain hermetically sealed until you sign up."
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I thought this was the onion for a moment
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I read a post somewhere where someone started getting this after they went over 36000 miles
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Now hold on there, I'd let them do the ads and the vehicle tracking bs if the car was nice and it was free.
If I'm buying the car, there's no fucking way.
If it's a Jeep the screen and audio might break on their own anyway
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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.
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I wonder if disconnecting the car’s cell antenna would prevent this crap from loading.
They generally go into limp mode if they cannot report on you.
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Are they adding this shit to cars that didn't do that already?
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Anyone know any brand that doesn't pull this kind of shit in their cars?
1999 Honda Civic.
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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.
This is the way.
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I thought this was the onion for a moment
Furthermore: Slashdot still exists?
