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Ford patents in-car system that eavesdrops so it can play you ads

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Re: Ford patents in-car system that eavesdrops so it can play you ads

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Post by Ylpertnodi »

aucisson_masque wrote: post #62

> Submitting patent applications is a normal part of any strong business as the process protects new ideas and helps us build a robust portfolio of intellectual property. The ideas described within a patent application should not be viewed as an indication of our business or product plans. Who are they kidding seriously ? In my country they sell Dacia car, that's the cheapest and 'shitiest' car you can buy that is ma…

In my eu country, Dacia is not considered the "shitiest" by a long, long way for exactly the reason you give: no bullshit.

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Post by nicce »

leobg wrote: post #74
kaliqt wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree. I hate irrelevant ads, I enjoy relevant ads. This is unrelated to the aforementioned topic though.

Relevant ads is functional search, is it not? Ideally, search without the need to query.

I would love to see ads on the search platform which is supposed to be used only for searching something you usually end up buying. I have a clear intention there and I am looking for something. Otherwise, I don't want to see ads.

But that will likely never happen. For it to work you would need to track behavior based on other sources than that site. And it does not make people buy something that they actually don't need.

Re: Ford patents in-car system that eavesdrops so it can play you ads

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Post by nicce »

theginger wrote: post #52

How is this patentable? This is existing tech used in a way that has been speculated about for nearly 20 years. This is not an innovation or invention.

Something recently relevant: https://www.dexerto.com/tech/google-facebook-partner-admits-...

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Post by ziofill »

noisy_boy wrote: post #24
x3y1 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a wonderful idea. Patent obnoxious inventions to prevent anyone from implementing them.

Nothing stops others from licensing them.

All the better if you are the one holding the patent ^^ (just kidding)

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

anal_reactor wrote: post #65
TaylorAlexander wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those gas station ads are so offensive to the senses. I want so desperately for them to stop. I used to live near Cupertino, and the Valero station on De Anza and Prospect always played the local classical radio station. Driving a car is pretty tiring, and to take a break and have loud ads projected at you only adds to the stress. To instead step out of your car to modestly amplified classical music is really much be…

The problem is, 95% of people don't like classical music, they like pop, and every business is motivated to cater to as wide audience as possible.

The other gas stations don't play pop, they play ads. The point is this business made a choice not to bombard people with ads, and I wish more places did that.

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Post by ivanjermakov »

LightBug1 wrote: post #55

I'm never buying a car newer that, say, 2000 ever again.

Too bad most laws require[1] every car to have ABS, ESP and other electronic features not present in cars of that era.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160918065210/http://www.nhtsa....

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Post by tveyben »

martin_a wrote: post #63
UberFly wrote: post #14

When I'm filling my gas tank and the screen on the pump is blaring ads at me I want to smash it. Car companies, please don't also make us want to smash our dash-boards.

Funny stuff. Never seen one of these in Europe, there's just a display for showing the amount and price and that's it.

You just wait … sadly most patterns like these will eventually show up!
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