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Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display (fuelarc.com)
submitted 5 days ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I think the issues is that you can't pick and choose exactly what you want in your new vehicle. You can't say, get just a simple AM/FM radio and get bluetooth. You buy a package of accessories.

So if you want just that simple radio, not only don't you get the bluetooth, but you have to give up the power seats and windows too. It's an all or nothing choice.

There was a time you would order your new car with individual accessories and then a couple of months to get it. I'm pulling for Slate to be successful and bring that freedom of choice back.