Stellantis Is Spamming Owners' Screens with Pop-Up Ads for New Car Discounts
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#2Trying to estimate whether I'm old enough that when I buy the last car of my life, there will still be ones without screens to choose from.
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#3Trying to estimate whether I'm old enough that when I buy the last car of my life, there will still be ones without screens to choose from.
black construction paper?
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#4Trying to estimate whether I'm old enough that when I buy the last car of my life, there will still be ones without screens to choose from.
All new cars have screens since reverse cameras are mandatory. You’ll have to shop on the used car market.
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#5Trying to estimate whether I'm old enough that when I buy the last car of my life, there will still be ones without screens to choose from.
All new cars have screens since reverse cameras are mandatory. You’ll have to shop on the used car market.
Oh really? My current car is over 20 years old so I'm way out of the loop. I guess I'll hope for options with smaller screens that control fewer of the functions.
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#6I never owned a car with such a system. Do they at least give you a way to install uBlock and NoScript or will that brick the car?
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#7I never owned a car with such a system. Do they at least give you a way to install uBlock and NoScript or will that brick the car?
You're joking, right? The systems are locked up tight. I did manage to hack into my Porsche Macan's system so that I could turn Apple CarPlay on (it's disabled in the Macan, but supported by the system because the unit is shared with the VW Atlas which has CarPlay), but it involved a pretty complicated jailbreak.
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#8I remember many years ago thinking, "if they can have a add a SIM card on a phone, why not add one in your car? Imagine an Internet connected car?"
What I didn't think about was this would be an opportunity for ads and subscriptions. And everyday you'll own less and less of your car. I'm shopping for a car right now, I may have to just put a fresh coat of paint on my old one.
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#9I never owned a car with such a system. Do they at least give you a way to install uBlock and NoScript or will that brick the car?
You're joking, right? The systems are locked up tight. I did manage to hack into my Porsche Macan's system so that I could turn Apple CarPlay on (it's disabled in the Macan, but supported by the system because the unit is shared with the VW Atlas which has CarPlay), but it involved a pretty complicated jailbreak.
You're joking, right?
Only 3.1415% joking. I predict people will eventually get credits for saying things like, "Brought to you by Carl's Jr." in their car, bonus if the kids also repeat it. But seriously I figured someone would have found Easter-eggs by now that allowed some form of super-duper-root similar to windows god-mode.
I am honestly surprised that car manufacturers have not been sued into oblivion for adding distractions.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
All new cars have screens since reverse cameras are mandatory. You’ll have to shop on the used car market.
Oh really? My current car is over 20 years old so I'm way out of the loop. I guess I'll hope for options with smaller screens that control fewer of the functions.
Keep that car as long as you can. Modern cars are shit. Peak of cars was probably 1990s/2000s.