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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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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 175 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Why? Well, probably because Dodge badly needs the money. The brand’s U.S. sales plummeted 29% in 2024

This'll help sales, I'm sure.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 48 points 13 hours ago

Stellantis looking at all that blank ad space on your infotainment console: "It's free real estate!"

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 44 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Should we make better cars that don't have the interior of 2002? No. Better add ads!

[–] commander@lemmings.world 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The american dream right here.

It's why american cars suck. Nobody buys dodge overseas.

You have to be stupid enough to buy something just to support your ruling class in order to buy american cars.

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 25 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Capitalism is an ouroborus

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[–] Bellingdog@lemmy.world 88 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

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Hey so I'm getting this thing on my new Charger, I think it's a check engine light?

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 18 points 13 hours ago

I laughed pretty hard, thanks for that

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago

I think I know who’s responsible.

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Any minute now one of those brave-browser idiots will be along to tell us all how great ads are because they can make us aware of products that we had not yet discovered or remind us of products we didn't know were near by.

[–] HamsterKiller666@lemm.ee 10 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

What does this have to do with brave-browser users?

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Brave derives revenue from advertising.

Brave devotees are the only people I've ever seen defending advertising as a user friendly revenue model.

[–] HamsterKiller666@lemm.ee 17 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I had no idea lol I use brave just to avoid ads which is why I'm confused.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 28 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Brave is involved in a crypto scam and is backed by conservative evil fuck Peter thiel

[–] HamsterKiller666@lemm.ee 11 points 8 hours ago (8 children)
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[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 13 points 10 hours ago

Brave is a series scam company.

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[–] commander@lemmings.world 57 points 8 hours ago

They're just testing to see what people are willing to accept.

Every time you see a useful idiot saying "it's not that bad" or "they're a business and they need to make money", you know who to blame for why things are they way they are.

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 51 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

2026 will be the year of the Linux car

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 13 points 5 hours ago

Aptera, what I'm waiting for. They claim they will have all parts available online for easy repairs, and IMO it's just a really cool car concept.

[–] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 7 hours ago (3 children)
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[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 47 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This literally happened to Jeeps a month ago.

“It should also be noted that ads are part of your contractual agreement with SiriusXM, but we are working on the frequency,” replied a Jeep Cares representative. “Thank you for your patience.”

A Stellantis spokesperson told Fortune in a statement that “a temporary software glitch affected the ability to instantly opt out in a few isolated cases, though instant opt-out is the standard for all our in-vehicle messages. Our team had already identified and corrected the error, and we are following up directly with the customer to ensure the matter is fully resolved.”

Fool me once, Stellantis...

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 14 points 8 hours ago

Companies sure so have a lot of "glitches" and "technical difficulties" when they're introducing controversial features that forces it on a group of people, only to be nearly immediately removed with all kinds of excuses..... And then the feature is forced for everyone within a few months.

Almost like it's NOT unintentional, they're NOT experiencing technical difficulties, and they're actually just testing the waters before diving in, with neatly 0 intent to pull back unless the consumers put upenoigh of a fuss the company execs get scared.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 41 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Did you know John Deere tractors have a dedicated piracy scene? Because the tractors require authorized technicians to service them and doesn't allow farmers to service them themselves, spoofed firmware has appeared and is fairly frequently used to bypass this.

My point is, if you can jailbreak a tractor you can jailbreak a car. Just a matter of time.

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[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 29 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

If someone develops an aftermarket fix to make the ads go away, now that might be a product/sertvice people will want to pay for. Look at Dodge - creating new job sectors!

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[–] applemao@lemmy.world 27 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Stop buying new cars until they remove this bullshit. We can go 40 years with existing cars without buying a single new one.

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[–] SleepNotRequired@lemmy.world 26 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Starting price is now $58,000.

They ditched selling the accessible models for the luxury market and they do the most cheap and trashy thing possible.

It's incredible how stupid millionaire CEOs can be.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 10 points 2 hours ago

It does appear... pretty bootleg.

Starting price on a new Dodge Charger is $61,590, get on that inflation train, boss!

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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 23 points 8 hours ago (6 children)

Stuck in traffic......introducing, the all new 2025 elantra! Hyundai has done it again! We all known it sounds like sentra but they keep making new elantras every year! Now just 54,978.73 with a 56% Apr amortized weekly!

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New on the McDonalds menu!

Thanks for listening to 100.7! Your friends Krissy and tushy.

Avocados from Mexico!... Now just $4.50 extra on every taco!

Donate to Snt Vincent's cousin Alfredo Medo. Every year thousands go hungry without a proper apply wristwatch...

At Von's club we're family!

You've arrived! Welcome home! Don't forget the two dildoes on your Amazon cart! The pink one is Christina's favorite. Antonio loves the blue one because its gir....door slams!

Hatchback opens.....when you open up a new Coke check under the cap to win a trip to Eldorado! ...hatchback slams!

[–] commander@lemmings.world 21 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

What's sad is a significant amount of people have simply been conditioned to accept that level of noise in their lives.

If things are quieter and they aren't getting products shoved in their faces 24/7, they become visibly uncomfortable.

[–] r4venw@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 hours ago

The quiet means you have to deal with your own thoughts and theyre certainly not going to do that!

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 22 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I chose the right decade to give up driving.

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[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 22 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty much everyone asked for this with their actions and choices as consumers. Lucky us, we can still choose not to buy a Dodge Charger or a Swasticar.

[–] thebluehood_380@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It’s def gonna spread tho. This is just one model one make. For now. In 2, 5, 10 years? CP77 without any of the fun shit.

[–] SaraTonin@lemm.ee 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Unless everybody now says “I’ll never buy anything from dodge”. If it doesn’t impact sales it really will become the new norm.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

You'd really need to boycott anything made by the Stellantis group, which includes

  • Abarth
  • Alfa Romeo
  • Chrysler
  • Citroen
  • Dodge
  • DS
  • Fiat
  • Jeep
  • Lancia
  • Maserati
  • Opel
  • Peugot
  • RAM Trucks
  • Vauxhall

Because the exact same thing was reported by Jeep drivers a few weeks ago. Maybe the behavior stays contained to just the American brands under the Stellantis umbrella, but better to be safe than sorry.

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[–] eric5949@lemmy.world 21 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

This is why I'd rather rebuild my 30 year old civic's engine then buy a new car.

[–] joe_archer@feddit.uk 21 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

That seems like a lot of hassle if you're then going to buy a new car anyway.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 21 points 9 hours ago

The worst asshat psycho drivers in my city tend to drive those things. Good schadenfreude comes from learning this news

[–] doc@fedia.io 20 points 12 hours ago (15 children)
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[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Welp every manufacturer that shows this should go down immediately upon first offense.

Not even kidding, this should be corporate suicide.

Dodge and Jeep are (well Jeep already was tbh) both firmly on the "actively speak out against" list. If I was in a place of hugely inflated power, I would dismantle the entire company, and sell it to whoever that company likes the least.

This should honestly be a brand ending scenario in less than 5 seconds after the first ad. CEO should be in the bread line TODAY from getting hit with this.

ABSOLUTE zero tolerance. There are no valid arguments against this and I will die on this hill.

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[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 16 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

They just did this with jeeps last month. Said it 2as an error

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 15 points 4 hours ago

Error my ass. "Market research" was the word they wanted.

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[–] Zzyzx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 54 minutes ago

But I'm still not allowed to touch my cellphone while behind the wheel because the screen is too distracting, right?

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If this happened to me and assuming I had physical knobs/buttons for AC, etc, and those wouldn’t be affected, I would take a hammer to it, mount an iPad Mini or something for GPS, and just listen to music/podcasts/audiobooks on my phone via a Bluetooth speaker.

I already have bad road rage (I’m not proud of this & am actively working on it) and this would send me over the edge.

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[–] PeteWheeler@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago

I never thought I would say this, but thank god there are a bunch of car hobbiest in my area.

If this type of invasive shit becomes mainstream, I at least know that the auto community around me will be able to fix anything that gets put into my travel device.

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago

Tfw your car is trying to reach you about its own extended warranty

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago

Just make a list of advertisers who actually advertise in these, and actively avoid & shame them. It is fair that they try new things out, but the problem is, when the consumers accept them.

[–] ef9357@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago

Yet another car I’ll never buy.

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 10 points 57 minutes ago

We dun fucked up when we made tarring and feathering CEOs illegal.

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