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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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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 8 points 37 minutes ago

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.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 minute ago

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.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 53 minutes ago

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.

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 49 minutes ago

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

Probably for bail bondsmen

[–] Superheavy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Mmmm, delicious unbridled capitalism.

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 32 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

2026 will be the year of the Linux car

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 3 points 1 hour 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 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

OMG, Car AI....

You seem to be hungry, maybe hangry, you haven't eaten in a while. Sheets is open and has fresh hot food! You know that coffee you got 2 hours ago should be wearing off, don't you want to stop for a bathroom break? Their restrooms are cleaned hourly!

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

nabu el carro

4 updates since this morning

[–] PeteWheeler@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour 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.

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

nobody deserves it more than dodge charger owners

[–] commander@lemmings.world 39 points 3 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.

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours ago (2 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!

Papa pa pa paaaa! I'm loving it!

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!

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I really fucking dislike that you used Hyundai when they are like the one company that still does cool fucking shit at prices normal people can afford.

[–] commander@lemmings.world 15 points 3 hours ago (1 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 5 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 24 points 4 hours ago (1 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!

[–] commander@lemmings.world 6 points 3 hours ago

As long as the money never touches the hands of those who need it, the ruling class is satisfied.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I sometimes wonder if my current car will be my last new car. My car has some tracking that I can supposedly disable, so I understand the appeal of classic cars more. I might have to pick up a mint condition early 2000s car for my midlife crisis.

[–] itsathursday@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I see an MX5 and track days in your future.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 21 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] ef9357@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Yet another car I’ll never buy.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 143 points 9 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.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 33 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] commander@lemmings.world 9 points 3 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.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 3 points 57 minutes ago

I saw my first one the other day (outside of America).

The guy clearly is an American living here. It's hard to put into words just how out of place it all looked, it's like you picked up a palm tree, cocunuts and all, and plopped it down in the middle of Antarctica.

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 8 hours ago (11 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.

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[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 37 points 8 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 12 points 4 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.

[–] Bellingdog@lemmy.world 73 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

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

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