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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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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month 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.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (4 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

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

This is just asking to get rickroll’d.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We need root on our car computers.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

You know, I was annoyed by that when I had to pay for an out-of-warranty update but now I'm pretty happy that my car is one year too old for automatic updates.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You'd may as well run the red light

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

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

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