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Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight (fuelarc.com)
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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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[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Toyota hasn't offered an update for our 2015 Highlander's Entune system since 2017. I snag the map updates for cheap from eBay, but that's about it. The system sucks so bad... My parents' 2015 Camry has the same system and they don't use the navigation at all, choosing Google Maps or whatever instead. I mean there is absolutely no reason why entering one address needs to be divided into multiple ambiguous fields over multiple screens, completely dependent on what region you select on the first screen, which may or may not be correct since it looks for exact matches and not a "general" area; and stopping the navigation should be "stop navigation", not "delete destination" ffs. Garmin, TomTom, Magellan, etc. had this figured out 20 fucking years ago.

I get why Toyota likes to stick with "old but proven" tech, but that Entune system....jesus fucking christ what a dumpster fire.