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Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight (fuelarc.com)
submitted 1 day ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/technology@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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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where are others confirming this? Not in the article.

Im in a challenger every week and have never seen an ad on the screen ever.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is your Challenger using the dealer installed SiriusXM? That would be for new and CPO vehicles. That seems to be what it is linked to.

Y'all are... surprisingly hard to persuade! I thought sharing a literal image of popup ads in the car would be the proof y'all needed to believe it was happening.

I mean, there are... more images of it happening...? Like, damn. Here's an instance of it happening in a Challenger.

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

Y'all are... surprisingly hard to persuade! I thought sharing a literal image of popup ads in the car would be the proof y'all needed to believe it was happening.

people are being rightfully skeptical of an auto news site using old reddit posts to promote themselves on lemmy. a single instance does not show how widespread the issue is. if you want to be a journalist do better.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io -1 points 1 day ago

... Thanks for the downvote, boss XD

Have a great day.