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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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[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pretty much everyone asked for this with their actions and choices as consumers. Lucky us, we can still choose not to buy a Dodge Charger or a Swasticar.

[–] thebluehood_380@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It’s def gonna spread tho. This is just one model one make. For now. In 2, 5, 10 years? CP77 without any of the fun shit.

[–] SaraTonin@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unless everybody now says “I’ll never buy anything from dodge”. If it doesn’t impact sales it really will become the new norm.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago (5 children)

You'd really need to boycott anything made by the Stellantis group, which includes

  • Abarth
  • Alfa Romeo
  • Chrysler
  • Citroen
  • Dodge
  • DS
  • Fiat
  • Jeep
  • Lancia
  • Maserati
  • Opel
  • Peugot
  • RAM Trucks
  • Vauxhall

Because the exact same thing was reported by Jeep drivers a few weeks ago. Maybe the behavior stays contained to just the American brands under the Stellantis umbrella, but better to be safe than sorry.

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[–] Bellingdog@lemmy.world 113 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hey so I'm getting this thing on my new Charger, I think it's a check engine light?

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[–] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

You mean the "oopsie poopsie it's just a glitch nothing to see here" thing that was happening to jeeps a little while ago?

Color me shocked

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 69 points 2 days ago (20 children)

Any minute now one of those brave-browser idiots will be along to tell us all how great ads are because they can make us aware of products that we had not yet discovered or remind us of products we didn't know were near by.

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[–] weremacaque@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

We need to tally up all the accidents and pedestrian hit-and-runs that occur involving cars with this “feature.” It would likely be enough of an increase you could reasonably make a class action lawsuit. I have no sympathy whatsoever for a car manufacturer that can’t get it through their heads that distracted driving is a major cause of accidents, and could easily happen by their own features.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Look up "depraved-heart murder."

It's when someone knowingly does something that's so obviously likely to cause death or injury that that indifference to life can essentially be treated as intent, and if someone does as a result it isn't manslaughter or wrongful death, but murder.

Classic examples would be arson or knowingly selling tainted medicine.

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I saw this on Lenny about Jeeps. I asked someone sitting in a new Jeep if she got ads when she came to a stop and she said no. So now I wonder if there is something about the trim level or something. She said it was 1 year old. Maybe this just started.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

They could also just be A/B testing shit to see how much backlash they get.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Brand new 2024 vehicle: I disabled all connectivity. No software updates, no remote start through their app, nothing; it will never connect to the internet. These greedy car and ad companies have lost the benefit of the doubt. Literally no amount of money will ever be enough for these giant corporations...

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[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This offends me to the core. Stellantis has made my shit list, and I will never purchase any product they are involved in. EVER !

[–] Bdtrngl@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Their cars are trash anyways so you're better off.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If someone develops an aftermarket fix to make the ads go away, now that might be a product/sertvice people will want to pay for. Look at Dodge - creating new job sectors!

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[–] prembil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Well let's just wait for the next "hacarthon" and see who can play DOOM on the pop-up first.

[–] straightjorkin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

I'd quit my job and start running the campaign for anyone who's willing to run on outlawing this shit. I'd work 75 hour weeks handing out fliers about distracted driving.

[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This literally happened to Jeeps a month ago.

“It should also be noted that ads are part of your contractual agreement with SiriusXM, but we are working on the frequency,” replied a Jeep Cares representative. “Thank you for your patience.”

A Stellantis spokesperson told Fortune in a statement that “a temporary software glitch affected the ability to instantly opt out in a few isolated cases, though instant opt-out is the standard for all our in-vehicle messages. Our team had already identified and corrected the error, and we are following up directly with the customer to ensure the matter is fully resolved.”

Fool me once, Stellantis...

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[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They just did this with jeeps last month. Said it 2as an error

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Error my ass. "Market research" was the word they wanted.

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

"OH no, we accidentally deployed ads to your car using a system that took months to develop, how could that have ever happened"

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[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If this happened to me and assuming I had physical knobs/buttons for AC, etc, and those wouldn’t be affected, I would take a hammer to it, mount an iPad Mini or something for GPS, and just listen to music/podcasts/audiobooks on my phone via a Bluetooth speaker.

I already have bad road rage (I’m not proud of this & am actively working on it) and this would send me over the edge.

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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (17 children)

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Hatchback opens.....when you open up a new Coke check under the cap to win a trip to Eldorado! ...hatchback slams!

[–] commander@lemmings.world 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What's sad is a significant amount of people have simply been conditioned to accept that level of noise in their lives.

If things are quieter and they aren't getting products shoved in their faces 24/7, they become visibly uncomfortable.

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[–] starvald_demelain@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

So... um... will the buyer get money from Dodge to drive this shit then?

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