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

submitted 3 weeks 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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[–] PureTryOut@lemmy.kde.social -4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Eh, it's a SUV. It doesn't excuse this but you shouldn't have bought that box of death on wheels in the first place.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

You say that as if it won't be in every other Stellantis vehicle momentarily, and from there spread to the rest of the industry.