I remember a while ago when this started appearing in chargers and they tried to act like it was an accident.

Of course Stellantis was first to do it

Feel like ads in cars should be illegal, but the US doesn't have a government that believes in good things.

It's kind of sweet that they write that you need at least RAM 1500 to get these ads in your truck, so that the solution simply is to install less RAM in your truck if you don't want the ads. (I've never owned a truck so I don't know how much RAM is normal, but 1500 sure sounds like a lot.)

Why do they keep trying to sell us things to improve "my lifestyle."

My lifestyle is pretty much work, then coming home to do errands, maybe video games. I don't need tacky truck nuts or whatever they're selling.

Okay, cool. Hey, I'm now taking bets on how long until someone uses the ads to inject malware into a car or truck ...

I’m not buying any car made after 2015 ever.

And not even a fucking "don't show again" option. Either "call" or "remind me later". So there is no escape. Either take the ad in the ass or it'll show up again. Fuck that

"Well, you bought a Dodge Ram, so we know you're gullible as hell. Now to let the advertisers have their way with you."

Eventually someone is going to get the idea that hospitals should start installing chips and screens into the skin of newborns and it either displays ads or it only cost $150k to have it removed. Thanks for having your baby at our hospital. The ads help pay for our CEO’s 4th mansion.

Time to hack / root cars…

Stellantis will kill EVERY company they build vehicles for.

This is why I'm not going to buy RAM / Dodge / Chrysler/ Jeep / anything Stellantis owns, and this is why I'm not buying any new car with "smart" / "built-in" junk.

I don't know of any car that has an actually good head unit. Its either garbage because its a giant touch screen, making it super difficult to navigate without looking (that's why all the controls in an airplane are different shapes and sizes), or its just a hub for you to run Android Auto / apples equivalent.

Now ads? Ffs...

Have you ever seen a smart person driving a DUI1500?

"it's an upgrade, it's a feature!", "no other car have so awesome ads like we do, buy our products!", "step into the future now", "now powered by awesome ai!", "everyone wants that, You should too!"...

Would upgrading to an aftermarket display system be capable of avoiding this?

I'm going to start pointing to this when I explain to people why I want "dumb" machines.

I don't want AI to "summarize" my google search, I don't want ads distracting drivers, I don't want a washing machine that needs updates, I don't want my TV to look at me, I want a submissive little machine that does task X.

Time to go get a Kei Truck and put an Android tablet in it.

This is why the argument that paying for something would prevent ads falls apart. If they can squeeze more money out of people then they will, even if those people are paying $80k+ for the damn thing.

Capitalism will innovate!

Capitalism:

Good. I've seen those RAM vehicles, they're all american "tiny penis wagons" as I like to call them. Ridiculously pointlessly gigantic vehicles, all the better for running down children and guzzling petrol.

The tossers who drive those don't deserve good things.

To me this looks like something potentially worse than just an ad. It looks like this text might be configurable by the dealership. I wonder if all of that gets screened and approved by people that work for the carmaker. Otherwise we will eventually see some funny stuff show up in people's trucks.