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  • gnutrino@programming.devEnglish
    2291·
    2 months ago

    The system can listen to conversations and play ads when there’s a moment of silence. Or play a video when you’re close to the shops.

    Oh good, I was worried the slide into dystopia might be slowing down for a second there.

    • dumbass@leminal.spaceEnglish
      551·
      2 months ago

      Imagine driving to the doctors, you have a killer headache so the radio is muted, you drive past a set of shops near a red light.

      “COME OVER TOCRAZY MIKES INSANE CRAPAGANZAAAAAAAA” *obnoxiously loud music plays behind the screaming mans words*

  • CrowAirbrush@lemmy.worldEnglish
    104·
    2 months ago

    Ah i see, time for ford to go down in the history books.

    Not like that will happen, but i truly think they deserve that as a result for even considering this.

    I’m already sick of the amount of ads that find a way into my private living space, but i’ve managed to negate 90% of them.

    “We need to make money” yeah sure, but not at the cost of me. If you want to make money off of me i need you to sell me stuff i get to keep and are actually worth the cost.

    I work too much and make too little to allow them to invade my private space.

    • futatorius@lemm.eeEnglish
      73·
      2 months ago

      Time for a law to be passed that kills off this bad idea permanently.

      The main cause of fatal accidents is driver distraction. Anything that adds to it is moving in the wrong direction.

      They should also ban the use of tablet computers in place of proper displays and controls in vehicles.

      • palordrolap@fedia.io
        11·
        2 months ago

        Time for a law to be passed that kills off this bad idea permanently.

        With governments (of all alignments) in the pockets of, or otherwise under the influence of, the very large corporations whose advertising would stand to benefit from this, I have only the following to say: Good luck with that.

      • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        That’s not enough. Amazon tablets started with ads only on Lock Screen and startup. Those are also not ok

  • dianyxx@kbin.melroy.org
    11·
    2 months ago

    I can’t wait to see the statistics of how many vehicular manslaughter cases and suicides related to abruptly driving your car into solid barricades, ditches or trees will be because of this.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    The all new Downy fabreeze! Bam! 💥💥💥💥💥🤣.

    Bleeding to death while Listening to a fabreeze commercial.

      • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Hello 911, what seems to be the problem?..1 of 3"like a good neighbor State farm is there!" 2 of 3 “like a good neighbor State farm is there!” 3 of 3 “every day, kids from Africa like Mary here go without food or water so they can’t feed their dog any, would you please donate $5 to Save their dogs foundation? Every dollar that comes in brings good nutritional meals for the dogs like Chicken, beef, etc, food that they would never otherwise be able to get due to their owners poverty level. So c’mon and donate, you will get this shiny 'I saved a dog’s 🖊️ pen!.. ma’am, yeah, I was just in an accident! Can you please send an ambulance, my leg is broken and I’m bleeding fas… So cmon and get your pen now! Give us a call at 1800 ‘I want to save a dog!’… Okay the ambulance is on its way, could you please tell us the intersection?, Madison and…oh I didn’t quite catch that…1 of 7 " have you or a loved one been invited to a gay gangbang lately and developed enlarged anus? Well the law offices of Lark and Co can help you get what you deserve!”…madis…2 of 7…" Squirt! The fresh market!"

  • LifeOfChance@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    So phones are illegal but not this? What in the actual fuck is going on right now. We are being forced so many damn ads it’s nearly impossible to get away from them. Now I need to worry about someone trying to hit skip instead of focusing on driving. As a motorcyclist I’m now even more terrified. Half the drivers now already don’t look up from their phones…

    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      If other people buy these, you won’t have much of a choice for much longer. I predict every auto manufacturer jumping directly onto this bandwagon if it doesn’t sink Ford’s sales (it won’t).

      People like you and I are going to end up driving 2005 Honda “classic cars” 30 years past their lifespan.

      • Anti-Face Weapon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Honestly there are a lot of variables involved. There will always be a market for cars without all that nonsense, and it’s cheaper to produce a car without a touch screen. If I have to drive shitmobiles to avoid having to deal with “car as a service”, then that’s what I will do.

  • N3Cr0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    I’m looking forward to having the ads from Cyberpunk 2077: “Sweet sweet sweet clean SPEED! 'Cause life is too short to be slow.”

  • tonyn@lemmy.mlEnglish
    521·
    2 months ago

    Good Guy Ford patents the worst possible technology so no other automaker can use it, and then never implements it themselves.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      2 months ago

      That’s what I was going to ask, should people start patenting things in order to prevent companies from using them?

      • 14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        Getting patent is fucking expensive, also it is afaik region-limited. You can get your patent for say EU, you need lawyers and lot of money for that, and if you would like to extend that to US, you need new lawyers and more money.

        So it is out of realm of what’s possible for normal person.

        • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          It’s not that expensive in the US. A few hundred is typical, and you don’t need a lawyer (though spending the money on one up front will save you from spending more when you screw it up the first few times).

          • 14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
            5·
            2 months ago

            It’s not that expensive in the US. A few hundred

            Ok, that’s less than what I would have expected, but still more than what most people want to invest into something that’s basically a joke.

              • 14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
                11·
                2 months ago

                Don’t you need working prototype to get a patent? Otherwise musk or bezos or another for-profit asshole could patent every known scifi gimmick, wait until someone actually invents it and then send him a bill…?

    • xthexder@l.sw0.comEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      Well, if you buy a used one, they first started putting the cellular modems in in 2017, and all models by 2020. You can check which models here

  • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    I hope they’re just patenting this to prevent other manufacturers from doing it.