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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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[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is old and they’ve already said it’s a bug. Stellantis sucks for sure though.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"It's just a bug, trust me bro"

Yeah OK huge corporation. The followup question is why this mechanism exists at all if it was never intended to be used in this fashion.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The ad was most likely supposed to be shown once. Not literally every single time the car stops at traffic lights. Car companies may be stupid, but not this stupid.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

As if that is any better. My dashboard is not their fucking ad space

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Be less gullible