I thought this was the onion for a moment
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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Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Psythik@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Furthermore: Slashdot still exists?
AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
The site is still there, but the comment sections are no longer fun nor do you find intelligent feedback as frequently as you could in the early days. Last time I was poking around there, the mods were upvoting climate denial comments. So much for science. (source: low uid)
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Slashdot still has a good feed of articles. I never quit it 🤣
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So does this mean I can stop hearing about stupid “Jeep Culture” bullshit now?
SamboT@lemmy.world 1 year ago
People can like jeeps bro calm down
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Cool. What does that have to do with the whole “Jeep Culture” thing?
reddig33@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wonder if disconnecting the car’s cell antenna would prevent this crap from loading.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Could be like some of those TVs that have baked-in ads. So if you don’t have a data connection, they’ll just play the default ones.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Or there’s an LTE chip soldered in there somewhere…
Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They generally go into limp mode if they cannot report on you.
Carighan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean it’s a Jeep. You don’t buy that if you don’t want a limp car, anyways. :P
solomon42069@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I heard the new 2025 model wallops you in the bollocks every time you pull the parking brake.
pound_heap@lemm.ee 1 year ago
FAKE NEWS!!! Why would you want to pull an ancient lever mechanism if you can do it in a few taps on the touch screen. Sure, unless you have a premium subscription, you’ll have to watch a short video from our partners, tailored individually just for you.
Snapz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Holy shit. Luigi.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s only terrorism when poor people do it.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“Speed”, but instead of a vehicle exploding, it’s to avoid ads.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Officer, “Why’d you run that red light?”
Me, “If I hear the Meow Mix Jingle one more time I’m gonna snap!”
Jeep, having heard you mention a product, dutifully plays the relevant ad.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Officer: Why were you speeding? Me: Wanted to avoid ads.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
This isn’t even funny… This is something people will do. Jeep doesn’t give a fuck about safety. FUCK Jeep.
elvith@feddit.org 1 year ago
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Want there also something about showing ads while your show is paused now too?
I’m ready to go back to kodi.
Jericho_Kane@lemmy.org 1 year ago
Depending on how long you were gone, don’t get real debrid btw.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Happens on Prime now
slaacaa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
DRINK VERIFICATION CAN!
AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 year ago
elvith@feddit.org 1 year ago
Roll verification coal to continue
FTFY
belit_deg@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Is this real?? Do you have the source?
elvith@feddit.org 1 year ago
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Now people will even more inclined to not stop when needed…
thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Anyone know any brand that doesn’t pull this kind of shit in their cars?
Psythik@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Anything made before ~2015. You have a lot of great cars to choose from.
hansolo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
1999 Honda Civic.
WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sorry honey, I had to crash the Honda.
btaf45@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I bought a 2025 Kia Sportage before the new Trumpflation taxes went into effect. No ads at all. I would have been pretty damn mad to see ads. Weird that Jeep has decided to self destruct.
ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
A bicyce at this point.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And the best part is you probably have local anarchists who want to help you learn to maintain it
WereCat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Guess I wont stop then. Kids crossing the road? Too bad, I don’t wanna see the ads just because you have to get to the other side…
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I was looking for a car a few months ago and was looking at newer models, used, but mostly less than a decade old. Then I started reading about all the tracking and such.
I gave in to my inner teenager and bought a 2001 Porsche 911.
The entertainment center can connect via Bluetooth but there’s no Android Auto, no navigation. It has Sirius XM but I never had a subscription to it and never will.
I might add a backup camera but that’s it. My phone is more than enough tracking, even with as much of it shut off as possible.
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Damn, sweet ride dude! Congrats!
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Thanks! The next car on the list was a 2004 Honda Civic Si hatchback manual.
I honestly would have been happy with either car. Having so much fun with the Porsche though.
hansolo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
This is the way.
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Yeah. Sometimes my bank account gets sad but I don’t.
SGG@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is the way.
Add in a magnetic charger phone mount and you’re golden in my opinion.
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
A previous owner mounted one where the cigarette lighter was. I’m going to replace it soon since it doesn’t really fit - I can’t charge my phone in the holder.
Maybe I’ll finally learn FreeCAD and print my own.
anubis119@lemmy.world 1 year ago
CAT is on it. wiki.rossmanngroup.com/…/Stellantis_In_Car_Advert…
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Oh this is the first time I’ve seen this wiki in the wild, neat!
not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The car screen is a nice flat surface to attach the suction cup of your phone mount.
SirMaple__@lemmy.world 1 year ago
[deleted]ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I don’t understand how this is related to the Streisand Effect. The Streisand Effect is when you try to suppress unflattering info about yourself, and in the process you call attention to it, so now everyone knows. But we didn’t learn about this through Jeep trying to suppress the info, we just learned about it from people who saw the ads.
yeather@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
That is the photo Barbara Streisand attempted to have removed from the internet, the effeft gets its name from this event and photo.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
The really funny thing is that the only reason I even know about the Streisand Effect is because of Barbara Streisand.
shininghero@pawb.social 1 year ago
Please do. But keep in mind, when I invariably get jump-scared by your infotainment system and crack my head on the car ceiling, I’m going to turn your revenue stream into my personal early retirement pension.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Oh don’t be silly. It was YOU who got distracted! The laws are for thee, not me!
-The corporation, probably
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
A Jeep was the worst car I’ve ever had
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Lol! Imagine in 5pm traffic!..
Broom! Broom!
Stop!
Hey! You driving! The university of Phoenix has a degree just for you!
Go!
Stop!
And wells Fargo can help! Our loans are only 8% Apr!
Go!
Stop!
Pah pah pah pah…I’m loving it! At McDonalds we brought back the stegosaur burger! PST! Its actually crock!
Go!..
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Note to self: Don’t buy a Jeep.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I dunno man. Harrison Ford made it sound like it was more rewarding than raising children and more important than world peace. You gonna turn your back on what seems to be something more fulfilling to Harrison Ford than religion just because it’s an inferior product and it’s pushing ads in your face like a free playstore game?
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Note to self: Don’t buy a Jeep.
And if the only way you remember that is by a strong hook and bass line, I’ve got you covered.
simplejack@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ok, I’ll bite.
Did OP just time travel 25 years and post something from Slashdot?
Hegz@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I was just thinking the slashdot used to be a massive source of traffic across the internet.
And now it’s a sink. How times change.
OmgItBurns@discuss.online 1 year ago
I mean fark.com is still kicking, last I checked. I feel like some of these old sites are the web equivalent of BIFL products.
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Stop 👏 Buying 👏 New 👏 Shit 👏
I could run a whole community on how to recycle, reuse, repurpose. Why the hell are people buying new cars?!
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Make that community. I’ll join up.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Because I’ve seen what people do with their vehicles. I bought my car new 13 years ago and I’ve been able to make sure it’s been properly maintained the entire time and no one else’s crud is all over the interior. I intend to keep it until it falls apart. Prior to that I had a truck I bought used and got maybe 5 years out of it before the transmission died with only medium mileage. I had maintained it but who knows what the person before me did with it.
That said if nothing changes with all this touchscreen infotainment shit I don’t know what I’ll do. I’ve hated every new vehicle I’ve been in the last few years.
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Yup. Keeping old cars going on fossil fuels is so much better than millions of new cars being built every year, and in order for them to be built they ship them around the world to seperate facilities. I could go on and on
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No fucking way. Not even if the car was free.
Punchshark@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I’m curious what the customer agreement is for this? Is it in relatively plain sight or is this buried deep in the purchase agreement
thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
This looks like a Luigi level threat
dmtalon@infosec.pub 1 year ago
There’s exactly zero chance I’d buy a car that showed me ads.
There was already zero chance I’d buy a Stellantis vehicle anyway after buying a brand new 1999 Dodge Durango that started rusting out sitting on our garage.
And while they did the bare minimum to remove the rust, but they didnt stand behind it. There was no way we were keeping it or buying anything else from them.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I thought this was a funny onion type of article… It isnt. Wtf
Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Jeep is a Stellantis product. Literally the worst quality auto manufacturer in North America. They are circling the drain and jacking up the prices on their vehicles and making Pikachu faces when they don’t sell. Their only customers are people who don’t know how to research their purchases, and putting advertisement hell into their cars is another example of that. I suspect they will not be in business a decade from now.
ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 1 year ago
Absolutely fucking not.
Though it does sound like a good kicker for the after market systems to make a comeback.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There are no high end middle class cars now. Used be if you got an audi, merc, beamer etc. You were part of an in group where youngot extras. Now you spend 80K and they want you to subscribe for cruise control and AC. Lambourghini and porsche dropped back to entrr the market and only brought their badge.