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Truly, we have left the era of irony and entered the era of farce.
Life has transformed into a Monty Python sketch.
“Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!”
Peak irony is that the first ad shown is them trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty.
Can’t wait for the “the doors will remain locked for the length of the ad” update. /s
The horror I felt at reading this, and not in a sci-fi horror way. In a “watching Black Mirror from three seasons ago and realizing this will happen next year” kind of way.
Just like how tvs, phones and computers won’t stop ads until you make full eye contact with the screen with volume up. It’s not here yet but I bet by 2030 we’ll have must watch ads
At that point we’re mounting mannequin heads
A few years ago I left Google and ads behind for more privacy and freedom. I’m not having many regrets
I’m walking off into the woods if that happens. Dying in a week can’t be worse than that.
Bold of you to assume there will be any woods by then.
Luckily it’s a jeep, so you can just take those off.
For now, yes.
“Volume control disabled.”
Then the windows all go opaque so you can’t be distracted by the outside world
Completely unsurprising while at the same time completely unfuckingreal
It’s a Jeep thing, you wouldn’t understand.
NFT ducks in a gacha system
That can’t be safe.
Jeep hasn’t made a ‘safe’ car in their entire existence, why start now?
I can’t wait for every vehicle to introduce this, thus leading to a perverse incentive whereby drivers go out of their way to avoid stopping as much as possible. How could it go wrong?
Just sit at the lights with the brake and accelerator pressed at the same time 👍 what could go wrong?
I expect someone will start a business to remove that aftermarket
I imagine the manufacturers and their lawyers are why we don’t have greater access to OBDII and CANBUS info.
There’s a number of things I’d love to control via CANBUS, like the remote start system, climate control, etc.
There’s a program called Forscan you can get that allows you to tweak that kind of thing in Ford vehicles. I don’t know if other makes have equivalent software.
Ooh, nice. I don’t own a Ford, but I’ll go find it for friends and family.
I expect someone to sue jeep at the first ad related fatal accident.
The ad bubble needs to pop.
We need people to stop buying shit if they’ve seen an ad for it.
Somehow
I doubt that will do anything at all tbh.
Businesses believe advertising works, i believe it’s just a way for other businesses to substract money from them.
I keep getting ads for polestar cars like i can afford that shit, or gambling like it’s something i do regularly (never have and never will) or i get ads for the exact basket i just paid for 2 minutes ago as if i need another load of it (i don’t, obviously).
Article Summery:
In a move that has left drivers both frustrated and bewildered, Stellantis has introduced full-screen pop-up ads on its infotainment systems. Specifically, Jeep owners have reported being bombarded with advertisements for Mopar’s extended warranty service. The kicker? These ads appear every time the vehicle comes to a stop. Imagine pulling up to a red light, checking your GPS for directions, and suddenly, the entire screen is hijacked by an ad. That’s the reality for some Stellantis owners. Instead of seamless functionality, drivers are now forced to manually close out of ads just to access basic vehicle functions.
One Jeep 4xe owner recently shared their frustration on an online forum, detailing how these pop-ups disrupt the driving experience. Stellantis, responding through their “JeepCares” representative, confirmed that these ads are part of the contractual agreement with SiriusXM and suggested that users simply tap the “X” to dismiss them. While the company claims to be working on reducing the frequency of these interruptions, the damage to customer trust may already be done.
“you agreed to display ads on your vehicles. This vehicle is mine. You may not display ads in it.”
Honestly I’d have a lawyer on the phone in a heartbeat. I’d be surprised if someone hasn’t already started a lawsuit.
Fucking Jeep/Chrysler. Like who keeps buying this garbage?
If someone gave me one, I’d sell it before it had a chance of showing a CEL.
Jeep/Chrysler history: an amalgamation of numerous car companies since the 1950’s, so all sorts of competing design approaches, conflicting engineering, and dead weight.
And I’d love to own a Studebaker Hawk (which was Kaiser before Studebaker).
In my area they have jeep clubs that support the local police. Every Jeep/ Dodge owner around here tries to be a bigger dick. https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/opinion/columns/2016/07/17/215-jeep-crew-shows-support/18142982007/
The corporate overlords have officially weaponized your brake pedal. Every full stop now triggers a mandatory engagement with their propaganda—sorry, extended warranty offers. Because nothing says “customer-centric innovation” like holding your climate controls hostage until you acknowledge their marketing diarrhea.
Legal? Oh, absolutely. Buried in 87 pages of EULA hieroglyphics you clicked while inhaling dealership coffee. Your consent is perpetual, transferable, and now includes a subscription to existential despair.
Safety advocates are oddly silent. Distracted driving? Nah, just monetized mindfulness. That red light isn’t a pause—it’s a revenue event. The dashboard has become a Times Square billboard, and you’re the captive audience.
Solution? Revert to a ’92 Corolla. Analog controls, zero telemetry, and the only pop-up is the hood when you need to check the oil.
We live in a world of no regulation (or, to be precise, no enforcement on regulations) but…
Holy shit? Stopping is the one time you actually SHOULD look at your infotainment screen to futz with climate control or check how many minutes until the next exit and so forth.
Burn Stellantis to the fucking ground.
Stellantis is fucking up so badly, they only have 1 car in top 20 here now. This is a Peugeot placed 19, but Stellantis used to have a couple in top 10! (Denmark)
It’s really sad, because they now also have Opel, which used to be a brand known for good quality, and I’m still rolling with an 18 year old Opel Vectra that is still going strong and drives almost as new, but this is a car from BEFORE Opel became Stellantis.
We are considering buying an electric soon, and there is NOTHING from Stelantis we are considering, because we have lost trust in them.
There are lots of bad stories with Stellantis cars here, cars breaking down and dealers not honoring warranties!! And extremely expensive repairs.
The only car that is worse is Tesla. With 30% failure rate at the 4 year legally mandated safety check!!So glad I didn’t buy a Jeep.
