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.

  • @commander@lemmings.world
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    They’re just testing to see what people are willing to accept.

    Every time you see a useful idiot saying “it’s not that bad” or “they’re a business and they need to make money”, you know who to blame for why things are the way they are.

    • KayLeadfootOP
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      62 months ago

      “Oops! The error seems to have spread to our next most profitable lineup. We’ll get right on that!”

    • @jacksilver@lemmy.world
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      132 months 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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    182 months ago

    I open this article up about pop up ads in chargers. Meanwhile there are 4 pop up ads on the website. Fuck this shit dude.

  • @theparadox@lemmy.world
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    492 months ago

    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…

    • Miles O'Brien
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      152 months ago

      Companies sure so have a lot of “glitches” and “technical difficulties” when they’re introducing controversial features that forces it on a group of people, only to be nearly immediately removed with all kinds of excuses… And then the feature is forced for everyone within a few months.

      Almost like it’s NOT unintentional, they’re NOT experiencing technical difficulties, and they’re actually just testing the waters before diving in, with neatly 0 intent to pull back unless the consumers put upenoigh of a fuss the company execs get scared.

  • @selokichtli@lemmy.ml
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    332 months ago

    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
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      142 months ago

      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
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        132 months ago

        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
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          222 months ago

          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.

          • @Zzyzx@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            62 months ago

            Lancia is as good as dead. They only make (made?) one car, and only in the Italian market, and it was a slightly larger Fiat 500. Stellantis is struggling enough with the brands that are still making cars. I’d be shocked if Lancia comes back.

          • @Dragod@lemmy.world
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            32 months ago

            I have a Kia, likely going Toyota or Honda when it’s time. So help me if they do this shit…

          • @ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world
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            52 months ago

            Lancia

            Sad to see that name here, but they’re nothing like they were in the Group B days. At least my ultimate dream car will never have ads, even if I’ll never be able to afford the car itself 🥲

  • @skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
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    So, here’s a solution that will likely work but I’m just extrapolating based on auto industry stuffs. If the ads are driven by SiriusXM, they’re likely coming over the satellite radio. The shark fin on top has several antennae in it, including the XM antenna, which is on a specific frequency band and antenna type. Find the wiring harness for the shark fin, trace the SiriusXM cable, unplug or snip it. You’ll lose XM, but, honestly, based on the garbage I hear on a lifetime subscription radio these days, I don’t understand why anyone pays for it, except for living in or traveling through remote areas with frequency and wanting live background noise.

    Chances are it’s possible they’d also try and load the ads via a paired Bluetooth phone for Internet, (maybe) if that’s the case it’s a little more difficult. Probably impossible on iPhone, but on Android may allow one to disable the act of shuttling data to the car stereo via Bluetooth. If Stellantis uses an app to proxy data to the car stereo, deleting the app on the phone would break it.

      • @viking@infosec.pub
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        52 months ago

        Correct, Bluetooth pairing and Bluetooth tethering are two separate functions. First is for playback, second for internet sharing.

        • @0x0@infosec.pub
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          12 months ago

          Not really. You cant tether unless paired first. And pairing is definitely not only for playback.

  • @tehn00bi@lemmy.world
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    72 months ago

    That’s one way to increase running red lights.

    Like that sounds like it should be banned by the ntsb or dot… oh wait they don’t exist anymore, or soon to be cut.

  • ssillyssadass
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    502 months ago

    Did you know John Deere tractors have a dedicated piracy scene? Because the tractors require authorized technicians to service them and doesn’t allow farmers to service them themselves, spoofed firmware has appeared and is fairly frequently used to bypass this.

    My point is, if you can jailbreak a tractor you can jailbreak a car. Just a matter of time.

    • KayLeadfootOP
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      152 months ago

      Hell yes I do.

      When that old antipiracy ad was like “you wouldn’t download a car,” turns out they were vastly overestimating your average American tractor owner or car driver’s respect for the corporate arcology.

      • TrackinDaKraken
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        82 months ago

        Arcology: architectural ecology, a city intended to be contained in a single structure.

        • KayLeadfootOP
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          Thanks boss, I used the word and I’m like “I’m maybe 10% sure this is a word and most that confidence is coming from SimCity 2000” but then I went full send, I might not be the best journalist.

          You know, I meant the corporate hierarchy. They’re increasingly living in Spacex company towns or other arcologies and such. The gated communities, whatever the corpo version of the Ivory Tower is. In a word, that one building from SimCity 2000.

    • KayLeadfootOP
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      82 months ago

      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?

  • @drhodl@lemmy.world
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    62 months ago

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