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

submitted 19 hours 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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[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 82 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Welp every manufacturer that shows this should go down immediately upon first offense.

Not even kidding, this should be corporate suicide.

Dodge and Jeep are (well Jeep already was tbh) both firmly on the "actively speak out against" list. If I was in a place of hugely inflated power, I would dismantle the entire company, and sell it to whoever that company likes the least.

This should honestly be a brand ending scenario in less than 5 seconds after the first ad. CEO should be in the bread line TODAY from getting hit with this.

ABSOLUTE zero tolerance. There are no valid arguments against this and I will die on this hill.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This should be punishable by firing squad.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Or better yet, the masterminds behind this will lose someone due to distracted driving over an ad.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 14 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

Jeep and Dodge are both owned by Stellantis :) It's one shit-circus out of France.

On the good news front, the market is beating them like a rented mule. Dodge alone is down 29% in sales year-over-year.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 3 hours ago

Dodge alone is down 29% in sales year-over-year.

"Clearly we need to add more AI, internet of shit, microtransactions and advertising on the cars to compensate!" - Stellantis CEO

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I had never heard of Stellantis until the comments on this post.

That's at least a little good news, but I want day-after total zero existence for stunts like this.

As in executed the day after murder kind of immediate punishment. In this case, total, irrevocable punishment.

C suite people literally living in shelters fighting for leftovers at a food bank after paying out years of employee salaries and benefits kind of punishment.

You can't just fine people like this for crimes. You have to actually take away money and the ability to accrue more than enough to live on.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 2 points 1 hour ago

Wow, if you’re this fired up about car dashboard ads, wait until you hear what Google’s bee doing with your data.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

I wonder why they can’t get it right

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Actually, Stellantis has their global HQ in Hoofddorp, Netherlands.