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Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 month ago by resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/2532964

Well folks, it finally happened. The screen in your pickup truck… your last bastion of peace from the chaos of unskippable advertisements… now plays popup ads. Not even subtle ones. We’re talking full-dash, head-unit-commandeering infomercial panels in your RAM 1500, like you’re driving a Times Square billboard on wheels.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Drivers should sue by saying it can distract drivers who attempt to return to the maps view.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imagine being run over by a truck because the driver was trying to skip an ad

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imagine getting into an argument with the reaper about who you're qualified to haunt because old fogey Death blames the driver and you blame a small group of CEOs.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I think you can bargain with death to take everyone