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If we had actual regulation here this would be illegal for distracting driving.
Illegal to look at phone (I know everyone does it and isn't enforced, but still illegal on paper) but not illegal to watch this short message from our sponsors?
I hate living through a bad joke. Much rather read about this shit and laugh then wondering what the next stupid thing is.
Welp, my days of not buying Dodge cars seem to be coming to a middle.
Fuck this made me giggle
For that rhyme you deserve a nickel!
Better than a twisted nipple.
You sure? Sounds like a nice tickle.
Be careful, it might be illegal to not buy one.
“Glitch”
More like
“Let’s see how people react”
Didn't another car manufacturer have a similar "glitch" with in-car ads fairly recently? This story feels so familiar.
Yes, Jeep, owned by Stellantis who also owns Dodge.
It's so insane how seemingly every company wants to fuck over all their customers these days. Their obsession with fucking infinite growth.
Blows my mind that this kind of stuff isn’t a safety issue… I guess as long as it’s “touch-free” it’s not considered distracted driving lol
We need root on our car computers.
We need more dead ceos
And smart TVs, doorbell cameras, robo-vacuums, etc etc.
"Please subscribe to continue operating your vehicle"
I'm surprised Dodge is trying this considering the thousands of memes of BMW implementing pay to use features on their vehicle ever since they added subscription heated seats.
Memes only matter if they effect revenue. If profit climbed then the stupid stays.
Damn, I would be pissed if my car started showing ads. I hope this enshitification doesn't spread.
Narrator: "It spread. A lot. Like, a lot a lot. Really you wouldn't believe how much it spread. It spread like Domino's™ all new creamy red sauce on only the freshest of dough seasoned wi---"
*car crashes*
Dodge dropped 29% in sales in the USA last year, and something tells me, this isn't going to have folks lining up to buy Chargers in 2025. Watch the free market* take care of this one.
*Unless you're Tesla, in which case the market costs $277 million to purchase.
Free market doesn’t work if all car brands are owned by like 5 companies and all of them agreeing to add ads.
That is why we need to regulate cooperations as well as enforce them properly.
Whenever I upgrade my car, if it has this “feature “ I will immediately change out the system.
I thought GM foregoing CarPlay in favor of their own proprietary UI was a great way to kill sales, this is absolutely genius. Way to ensure I would never purchase your products!
I mean like I need another reason to NOT buy a Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep/Ram
It seems like displaying an ad at a stop light would be a safety issue since it makes it so you can onky look at the screen while moving.
Not to mention it has the potential to completely distract the driver when the light turns green and other traffic starts moving again.
Two weeks ago it was Jeep. Now it's Dodge. This is how it creeps. Are both those companies owned by Crystler?
You'd may as well run the red light
That was my idea as well. You are providing a negative feedback for following the rules.
Been doing this with Jeeps already. They claimed it was a mistake.
https://fortune.com/2025/02/13/jeep-in-car-ads-popup-stellantis-software-revenue/
"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
They really don't make them like they used to.
adds Dodge to the no buy list
You know, I always expected Tesla to be the first to do this kind of shit, but never underestimate Stellantis's commitment to be at the bottom.
This is just asking to get rickroll’d.
