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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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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] DogEarBookmark@reddthat.com 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"Oops! We accidentally incorporates ads into our software! It was an honest mistake..."

I've never wanted to go smashing car windows in a lot until now

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] DogEarBookmark@reddthat.com 11 points 23 hours ago

You right. This is the second time I've felt the urge.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, happened to me last week. I wanted to do a simple bugfix and next thing I knew I had implemented, configured and released an ad solution to our software...

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 3 points 9 hours ago

Whether it is a feature or a bug depends on how their sales numbers look for Q1 2025.

Call it Schroedinger's bug.