Technology

Welp, my days of not buying Dodge cars seem to be coming to a middle.

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.

Damn, I would be pissed if my car started showing ads. I hope this enshitification doesn't spread.

We need root on our car computers.

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!

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.

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

You'd may as well run the red light

It's so insane how seemingly every company wants to fuck over all their customers these days. Their obsession with fucking infinite growth.

Took my Dodge vehicle in for service. They wanted my email address "so they can get in touch with me if I don't answer the phone." I gave it to them.

It took less than half a day for the first spam mail to hit my inbox.

“Glitch”

More like

“Let’s see how people react”

I am so happy that my car doesn’t update itself automatically

Forget about just the web. Modern tech is about to become unusable due to ads.

They really don't make them like they used to.

adds Dodge to the no buy list

I mean like I need another reason to NOT buy a Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep/Ram

"Please subscribe to continue operating your vehicle"

Two weeks ago it was Jeep. Now it's Dodge. This is how it creeps. Are both those companies owned by Crystler?

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.

Oh, look...!!

Yet another good reason I'll not buy a new car. 🙄

Perfectly happy with my current 03 model thank you...

If this ever happens to any car I buy, it'd be going right back to the dealer.

Next thing you know they'll find a way to advertise in our dreams

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.

Whenever I upgrade my car, if it has this “feature “ I will immediately change out the system.

If you just do a standing burnout at every light will it not pop up?

You do realize this is based on a almost half-a-year old reddit post? What has happens in the meantime?

Note to self, never buy a Stelantis car. Not that I have ever considered that anyway!

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/

This is like shooting a hole in the bottom of the boat so the leaking water has somewhere to go out.

I get that this is the point of the article, but wow seeing an ad in your car makes it look cheap as fuck.

There’s a chance I might tolerate it on a rental, but not on something I own. Absolutely not.