There will soon come a time when I am only able to shop for a new car at a junkyard.
Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop
Submitted 1 year ago by cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca to technology@lemmy.world
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wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Get a horse, gonna be cheaper it seems. And you don’t have to pay for heated seats haha
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Have you seen the prices for oats these days!?
Snapz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
leadore@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Imagine pulling up to a red light, checking your GPS for directions, and suddenly, the entire screen is hijacked by an ad. That’s the reality for some Stellantis owners. Instead of seamless functionality, drivers are now forced to manually close out of ads just to access basic vehicle functions.
Oh HELLLLL no. I hope my 2012 Subaru will last until I’m either dead or too old to drive. I don’t even want to have these damn screens for the usual shit you have to do on them. I want to be able to do everything with physical controls, no eavesdropping, and no dependence on a fucking app or touchscreen to operate anything in my car! I will drive my car while wearing mittens! shakes fist
a9249@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Classic cars my man.
Soggy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Aw yeah, 14mpg, two distinct oil leaks, and cabins full of mold because the vintage weather strips failed forty years ago. (I drive a late 90s pickup and am acutely aware of the tradeoffs that come with older cars, even ones that are maintained relatively well.)
billwashere@lemmy.world 1 year ago
alcoholic_chipmunk@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They’ll make it cheaper for awhile to justify it to the public and government and then slowly raise the price so that you’re paying full price AND watching ads.
sudoer777@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
If you slam on the brakes it makes the ad extra large
moseschrute@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Roku was experimenting with similar stuff so I refuse to connect my Roku tv to WiFi. Will never update it
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Ya, they’ve been getting bad press for a while now. Will never own one of those.
moseschrute@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The TVs aren’t a bad value. Gotta get back the the jailbreaking days. If someone released a custom firmware for my Roku tv that made it dumb I wouldn’t use it.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 year ago
This is why used cars are so dang expensive, it seems like automobile quality has been in a free fall since 2008. The end user experience gets worse while the price goes up.
jmf@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Early 2000s jap cars are unkillable, surplus of parts, and are not tracker spyware nests. Great little things for sure. My 90s turboed volvo is a far more temperamental beast, but I cherish her quirks :)
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Right now my car is an 84. With a back up 86 truck. I used to have a 2011 subaru, but hit an prairie antelope with it. If I had my pick I think 1990-2008 Japanese cars are the sweet spot.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Enshitification.
moseschrute@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Love my 2013 Honda. Haven’t driven anything newer
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 year ago
That’s newer then I would go but yeah at least Honda seems to be behind on the complete shit curve.
menemen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They really do take 80s and 90s dystopian movies as inspiration. Almost funny how ridiculous unimaginatively evil that are.
madcaesar@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is why you need government. This is why you need regulations.
Corporations are evil pieces of shit that would have you watch ads without seatbelts and without air bags.
They’d grind you and your entire family into a powder if it made them a few bucks.
Fuck Jeep and their shitty tin cars.
TheFriar@lemm.ee 1 year ago
they would have you watch ads without seatbelts and without air bags.
No, they would require you purchase these because their business can’t sell their products without them, but they’d make you pay a subscription for them to keep working, and when you stop paying the subscription, the car stops turning on until you pay your monthly airbag and seatbelt fee.
BambiDiego@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is why we need government that isn’t in the pocket of corporations.
We need something like lawmakers having to disclose their tax information annually. If you want to be in office and make millions you should be willing to put your morals on the review table.
ironcrotch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
lmao wtf
Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
So is this considered distracted driving?
over_clox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No, it’s considered distracted stopping. /s
Same damn diffence in my book, fuck Jeep for that shit!
maxalmonte14@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“You almost ran over a five year old with your oversized vehicle, thanks for breaking! This segment is brought to you thanks to BetterHelp…”
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
or better yet “You just ran over a single mother while missing her child! this segment brought to you by BetterHelp, you’re gonna need it!”
FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 1 year ago
hahahahahaha nope.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How to get me to not buy a Jeep and to hate anyone pushing these ads in one simple act.
Pixlbabble@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Old cars are gonna be so expensive.
naught101@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wonder how hard it would be to make an open source car brain that can be a drop-in replacement for the commercial ones?
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Hard, even stuff from 10 years ago have proaitary hardware across multiple “brains”.
lordgreylock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Fuck this shit. I don’t even want to ever buy a newer car these days. Too much invasive bullshit.
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Drivers don:t need to be watching the road, they need to be watching this ad.
dan@upvote.au 1 year ago
[deleted]JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
Still! A screen changing is still something that grabs your attention.
DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Cyberpunk 2077 here we come. except its just the Corpo shit.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Even 2077 didn’t have ads in your car.
DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No, but V’s apartment did have advertisements on the windows and a vending machine in the living room
Bosht@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve known several Jeep owners over the last decade and those that weren’t buying it strictly for the ‘Jeep clout’ as an actual vehicle/daily driver had constant issues, while under warranty, and dealt with issues even trying to get said warranty work done. Like that wasn’t enough for me, on top of that I had a mechanic with his own shop that said he’d never touch another Jeep because of how horribly they are designed to work on. Anything from ease of access to work on the engine to bolts stripping out because they were overtorqued during assembly and made with shit metals that would sooner melt than come off in one piece. Now this? Yeah, hope they go bankrupt. This is just as bad as BMW and their ‘pay a subscription for seat warmers’ bullshit.
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 year ago
You know, I’ve got to give their marketing team props for managing to sell a vehicle with the engineering quality of a Saturn to people with more money than sense for a whole ass order of magnitude more than it’s worth.
acchariya@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Its not marketing it’s that they extend credit to anyone who comes through the door. 550 credit score? No problem sir, here is your $62500 RAM 1500, loaded with options. If you can’t pay $1000/month for a Kia why not splurge and not pay $2000/month for an optioned out truck?
pahlimur@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah I’ve never heard anything good about jeeps in general. Now they are being run further into the ground by trying to become a luxury brand. At least when it was just a shitty jeep, it was still a somewhat cheap shitty jeep.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 year ago
When I was young, you (supposedly) could still buy WWII-era original Jeeps disassembled and packed into crates in cosmoline. I always wanted one of those but never had any desire to own a modern one.
tabular@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Who so they think owns the Jeeps?
pls@lemmy.plaureano.nohost.me 1 year ago
This is all I need to never even look at a Jeep… how pathetic can these idiots get?
apocalypticat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Also a great way for me to never consider looking at a Ram, Chrysler, Dodge, or whatever the fuck else this corporation makes.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s actually part of the Sirius XM package. So I think that all you have to do is not bother with Sirius XM.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Too bad it comes with the jeep…
Nfamwap@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I already had dozens of reasons to never buy a Jeep. This is just the cherry on a shitty cake.
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Yep, I swore off any and all Chrysler products over a decade ago.
SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 1 year ago
This, exactly this. The fact that they would even consider this rules them out for me forever.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Something something stallmanwasright.
MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Uncle Teddy would definitely not approve of this.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nor cousin luigi…
SulaymanF@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I completely crossed off all GM cars due to lack of CarPlay. I am boycotting Tesla. I don’t trust BMW because they tried to make heated seats a subscription. Now Jeep and Stellantis?
GalacticTaterTot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This only applies to GM EVs. Friend has a 2025 ICE Chevy which has both AA and CarPlay. Still dumb that the EVs don’t have it though.
SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Something to consider…
Elon may be going down a conservative rabbit hole these days, but this is the sort of thing Tesla would never ever ever do. And things like using the telematic system to sell your location and speed to insurance companies. Never happened on a Tesla. You may not like the guy, but the cars are fucking solid.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
the cars are fucking solid.
Try driving through a car wash without activating “car wash mode”. 😂
AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Tesla? You mean the Ford Pinto of EVs?? www.rawstory.com/cybertruck-2671127676/
moakley@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh, he’s just going down a rabbit hole! He’s going on a cute little adventure where he does a fucking Nazi salute in front of the whole country, then proceeds to recklessly dismantle huge parts of the US government, but it’s all just part of his magical little journey! Teehee!
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Doesn’t Tesla lock larger battery capacity begging a paywall?
Lebernashi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Tesla’s have their own privacy issues, and build quality issues . Tesla’s staff have been caught spying on their customers and sharing sensitive images of people .
Belgdore@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Rainbow road mode is a bitch
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Toyotas are still good
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I am still awaiting my first map update to my nav system that has free lifetime map updates, my truck will be 10 this year.
DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Toyota Sales here Boy do I have some BMW Heated seat subscription crap to sell you
(Its not quite as bad as BMW. But one thing that really irks customers is the remote starter is restricted to a subscription service. unless you’re one of the lucky ones who got a vehicle that installed the wrong part/fuses. in which case you can still remote start your car with the fob. its still very finnicky)
MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Japanese manufacturers are not perfect but seem to be the least interested in doing this kind of anti-consumer nonsense, at least for now. I have been happy with every Mazda I’ve owned in the last decade (3 in total) for what it’s worth.
dan@upvote.au 1 year ago
I just wish Mazda had a good EV. Their EVs just aren’t that good at the moment. I leased a BMW iX a few months ago, but my old car (which I still have) is a 2012 Mazda 3. Love the EV experience and I don’t think I’ll buy a gas powered car ever again.
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yup, Toyota has been solid for me. Though admittedly, they’re also one of the worst in regards to data privacy; You should assume that every single thing you do in a Toyota is being recorded and sent back to a Toyota server for ad/tracking purposes.
Absaroka@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Mercedes also includes a number of items as a subscription in some countries. Some stuff is app related. Others are things like getting full use of your rear-steering wheels and unlocking extra horsepower.
potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 1 year ago
To be honest, I would just get an old car and fit a tablet into it
4grams@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m on year 9 of my 10 year car plan. Current vehicle is supposed to become the kidmobile and I planned on a new one.
I won’t buy a new car though. If I do replace mine, it will be a used, unconnected car. I am so tired of iPads on wheels.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
my 2008 BMW is the last without a computer screen and none of that stupid knob and I had to seek it out but it was absolutely worth it. Bonus that I can actually work on the car my self!
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Disgusting. Why would anyone pay for that?
Jericho_Kane@lemmy.org 1 year ago
Easy, they call their cars something like renegade or maveric and some idiots pay 80k for that shitbox
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wanted a Jeep at some point. One of the nicer-looking models. A sand-yellow one, almost as good as a black g-wagon.
But yes, times change. I wanted one from the early 90s, maybe.
Sic transit gloria mundi.
AVengefulAxolotl@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just you wait until the windshields become screens as well. Full windshield ads baybe!
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In USSR, despite all its downsides, there was a huge upside - magazines like “Техника - молодежи” and various educational brochures of the practical kind, aimed at explaining how to really make something.
And also a certain culture of hobbies associated with that, I guess all the energy from boredom went there.
So - I’ve read about competitions of hobby-crafted cars then. Like 20 guys would make some (like half of it would be something used in usual Soviet cars, think Reagan and the 10 years joke) parts of a car in their garages and apartments (and even at work, if they worked on some factory, for example ; in general workplace in USSR was, eh, a bit more permanent of an association, so the border between personal life and work, including tools, was fuzzy), then assemble them.
I think that could even be registered as a legal means of transportation. At least from what I’ve heard there is (or was) a surprisingly liberal part of Russian laws, allowing you to register almost anything as a car and get a number, with some criteria passed. Maybe these two things are related.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Video showing ads on dashboard.
Video itself starts with a QR code ad embedded into it. And it’s on Youtube so who knows how many ads I skipped with uBlock…
Adception.
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 1 year ago
This is just one of the many reasons I have no interest in new cars. If it needs an internet connection then I’m not buying it. There are very few things I need my vehicle to be able to do. I don’t even like that my truck has automatic wipers - I vastly prefer the traditional ones.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
This webpage is broken. It doesn’t have content until you allow thrid-party scripts.
source_of_truth@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Are they adding this shit to cars that didn’t do that already?
Foni@lemm.ee 1 year ago
On unrelated topics, I am now radicalized and I hope that capitalism falls violently
PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Don’t worry, our choice for each election is capitalism and cruelty free capitalism, it’s always been a matter of time.
It will always be the case that given enough time a capitalist will find a way to convince the public to vote against self interest just a little, and then the snowball starts rolling.