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Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight (fuelarc.com)

submitted 2 days ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] sixty@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's so insane how seemingly every company wants to fuck over all their customers these days. Their obsession with fucking infinite growth.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm surprised Dodge is trying this considering the thousands of memes of BMW implementing pay to use features on their vehicle ever since they added subscription heated seats.

[–] King_Bob_IV@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

Memes only matter if they effect revenue. If profit climbed then the stupid stays.

[–] King_Bob_IV@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago

Memes don't matter if revenue climbed

[–] PeteWheeler@lemmy.world 46 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If we had actual regulation here this would be illegal for distracting driving.

Illegal to look at phone (I know everyone does it and isn't enforced, but still illegal on paper) but not illegal to watch this short message from our sponsors?

I hate living through a bad joke. Much rather read about this shit and laugh then wondering what the next stupid thing is.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago

cringe cyberpunk. worst genre to live in. at least in the grim darkness of the future you can admit how bad it is.

[–] RabbitBBQ@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

"Please subscribe to continue operating your vehicle"

[–] Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

Whenever I upgrade my car, if it has this “feature “ I will immediately change out the system.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We need root on our car computers.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

We need more dead ceos

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 day ago

And smart TVs, doorbell cameras, robo-vacuums, etc etc.

[–] elatedCatfish@lemm.ee 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Blows my mind that this kind of stuff isn’t a safety issue… I guess as long as it’s “touch-free” it’s not considered distracted driving lol

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

it literally is a safety issue. people are going to die over this. it's just not illegal.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“Glitch”

More like

“Let’s see how people react”

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Didn't another car manufacturer have a similar "glitch" with in-car ads fairly recently? This story feels so familiar.

[–] tomalley8342@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yes, Jeep, owned by Stellantis who also owns Dodge.

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 209 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Welp, my days of not buying Dodge cars seem to be coming to a middle.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

Be careful, it might be illegal to not buy one.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Fuck this made me giggle

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[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It seems like displaying an ad at a stop light would be a safety issue since it makes it so you can onky look at the screen while moving.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Not to mention it has the potential to completely distract the driver when the light turns green and other traffic starts moving again.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

I mean like I need another reason to NOT buy a Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep/Ram

[–] midori_matcha@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You'd may as well run the red light

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

That was my idea as well. You are providing a negative feedback for following the rules.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 27 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I am so happy that my car doesn’t update itself automatically

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[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 107 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Damn, I would be pissed if my car started showing ads. I hope this enshitification doesn't spread.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 69 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Dodge dropped 29% in sales in the USA last year, and something tells me, this isn't going to have folks lining up to buy Chargers in 2025. Watch the free market* take care of this one.

*Unless you're Tesla, in which case the market costs $277 million to purchase.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

Narrator: "It spread. A lot. Like, a lot a lot. Really you wouldn't believe how much it spread. It spread like Domino's™ all new creamy red sauce on only the freshest of dough seasoned wi---"

*car crashes*

[–] ray1992xd@feddit.nl 31 points 2 days ago

Forget about just the web. Modern tech is about to become unusable due to ads.

[–] Devadander@lemmy.world 69 points 2 days ago

I thought GM foregoing CarPlay in favor of their own proprietary UI was a great way to kill sales, this is absolutely genius. Way to ensure I would never purchase your products!

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

This is just asking to get rickroll’d.

[–] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you just do a standing burnout at every light will it not pop up?

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[–] beregoth@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Took my Dodge vehicle in for service. They wanted my email address "so they can get in touch with me if I don't answer the phone." I gave it to them.

It took less than half a day for the first spam mail to hit my inbox.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

They wanted my email address "so they can get in touch with me if I don't answer the phone."

"Lol no"

Then walk out.

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[–] sic_semper_tyrannis 28 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Two weeks ago it was Jeep. Now it's Dodge. This is how it creeps. Are both those companies owned by Crystler?

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[–] Fastpas123@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

time for a new sound system then, lmao

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (3 children)

They really don't make them like they used to.

adds Dodge to the no buy list

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[–] bluegreenwookie@bookwormstory.social 17 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Next thing you know they'll find a way to advertise in our dreams

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Having a bad dream? Why don't you dream about RAID SHADOW LEGENDS instead! DIVE INTO A DARK FANTASY...

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