Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display - FuelArc News
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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. It all kicked off with a […]

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.

  • Kinperor@lemmy.caEnglish
    521·
    6 hours ago

    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.

    • InputZero@lemmy.worldEnglish
      06·
      2 hours ago

      Here’s an AI summary of your distain for AI:

      I’ll begin saying this when people ask why I want “dumb” machines.

      AI summaries lack quality, ads distract drivers, you want a washing machine without ads, you don’t want your TV to watch you, you want machines to be submissive.

      How did I do?