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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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[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah I'm not exactly happy about that either.

I was trying to stay on topic about this. That's a whole different rant.

Plus, things spread before they get worse. This is a line that shouldn't be crossed by anything in any way. The inside of my car is a nice little island. It should stay that way.

I feel pretty much everybody would agree with that. Even the ones open to it probably just want to make the money from it without having to deal with it themselves.