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Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight... Just What Nobody Asked For (fuelarc.com)

submitted 2 days ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@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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[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I liked that part of Minority Report where he gets his eyeballs replaced and then all his customized ads in the mall are targeting the wrong person.

... In a dark, dystopian crystal-ball sort of way. Not in a "corporations should use this as an instruction guide" sort of way.

Who would have thought, the customized ad part would be right, but the expecting malls to exist part would be wrong?

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Philip K. Dick was an unacknowledged prophet in so many ways.