My BYD doesn't do this.
Soon Chinese tech will be viewed as premium class while their competitors are eroding their quality.
BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
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Re: BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
#82BMWs have decent 'mod' support, if you fully own a msport/M you can be mitigating OTA updates in firmware to retain your perf/exhaust pops as regulations/OEMs change goals. Original firmware b58s (m340/z4m40) are infamously coveted for specific software/hardware versions... Same logic can be applied to this strange advert thingy
Re: BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
#83It sounds awful, but it might not even make the top-5 of the most annoying/concering things you'll get in a new car (bought in the EU at least), many of which are now mandatory by regulation. What you'll also get is a camera that tracks your eye movements to play an alert when they're not on the road, an alarm when you drive over the allowed speed limit as determined by a camera, an alarm plus a mechanical yanking of…
Texting and driving is a real problem.
Re: BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
#84Great way to tank a brand. Part of BMW's value is/was the expectation of an upper middle class snob driving it, but having your car force ads on you is something people wouldn't even expect from a Kia Soul leased off a used lot.
> Part of BMW's value is/was the expectation of an upper middle class snob driving it BMWs are no where near for that "class". A Mercedes-Benz is for that and even they also put ads in their own dashboard screens. [0] So on HN-land, time to rule out BMWs, Chevrolets, Mercedes-Benz, Teslas, Volkswagens, Kias. What else? [0] https://www.motor1.com/news/797846/mercedes-screen-plays-ads...
Just saying that these brands have different offerings in different countries. Here in Germany all big brands: Audi, BMW, Mercedes and VW etc have offerings from low lever to luxury car.
Re: BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
#85This and the eye tracking could make a killer combo. “Stare at this ad for 30s to unlock the drive gear”.
Re: BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
I haven't driven a recent model but afaik the answer for most is Yes, or at best you can disable them for the current ride and they turn on again automatically on every start.
That's quite insane then. Especially the lane departure warning / assist was downright dangerous in snowy conditions when the road markings became partially covered, I cannot imagine driving with that setting on all the time.
The "lane assist" is very dangerous. I don't understand how this got in cars to begin with, nevermind become mandatory.
It's super "fun" with temporary marking around road works. I bet it works perfectly in a lab but in the real world..
Re: BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Part of BMW's value is/was the expectation of an upper middle class snob driving it BMWs are no where near for that "class". A Mercedes-Benz is for that and even they also put ads in their own dashboard screens. [0] So on HN-land, time to rule out BMWs, Chevrolets, Mercedes-Benz, Teslas, Volkswagens, Kias. What else? [0] https://www.motor1.com/news/797846/mercedes-screen-plays-ads...
Mercs and BMWs occupy the same market space. They are direct competitors. Mercedes may have a car or two that reaches just out of upper middle class but they are largely a middle to upper middle class brand, just like BMW. The fact that Merc would do it too just means they are both happy cheapening their brand to align with practices of cheap off-brand android TVs.
Actually Apple will also put advertising on your phone if you have one of the dynamic carousel things and you walk into the wrong area.
Re: BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
#88Great way to tank a brand. Part of BMW's value is/was the expectation of an upper middle class snob driving it, but having your car force ads on you is something people wouldn't even expect from a Kia Soul leased off a used lot.
It's like a basic Kindle. Or Ryanair. Between this, the proprietary nut patent, and the heated seat subscription, I'm probably not going to look at BMW for my next car. They've been going back on things, but all of this adds up to they don't get it.
>basic Kindle
Praise be to AdBreak https://kindlemodding.org/jailbreaking/AdBreak
I practically own it now!
Ryanair: can’t recall if they’re worse than Spirit/Frontier. “We have one price for tiny people flying with the shirt on their back, and other prices for everyone else like those who might need luggage, or, liquid to survive.“
Re: BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
#89this is what you get for buying cheap noname brand car from Temu similar thing happened with that British LGBT brand, which is gone though it's clear people who buy BMW are not mentally sane anyway, I'm yet to see BMW driver with stable personality who would not vent their mental issues on the road, these people will buy BMW with literally any design and specs just because it's BMW, no matter it looks like ugly tank…
Seriously not helpful, and have you actually matched this opinion to the statistics which are freely available?
Re: BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
#90BMWs have decent 'mod' support, if you fully own a msport/M you can be mitigating OTA updates in firmware to retain your perf/exhaust pops as regulations/OEMs change goals. Original firmware b58s (m340/z4m40) are infamously coveted for specific software/hardware versions... Same logic can be applied to this strange advert thingy
Engine modules are locked because of regulation to ensure that emissions control remain in place.
Pops don't disappear with software updates. Pops disappeared in Europe because of the dreaded OPF.