Example of what the ad looks like: <a href="https://www.thedrive.com/news/jeep-owners-say-pop-up-ads-for-extended-warranties-keep-blocking-their-touchscreens" rel="nofollow">https://www.thedrive.com/news/jeep-owners-say-pop-up-ads-for...</a><p>The author also outlines how to disable them: by creating a user account with Jeep and agreeing to T&Cs and remotely disabling notificaitons. Such centralised control leaves them open to them deciding to re-enable ads in the future if they feel like it.
I am genuinely curious, why Jeep/Chrysler makes the worst decisions in the car industry over and over again.
Is this incompetency or this is really how they run their business?<p>I don't know how many years I have known these brands, but they are constantly in the news regarding bankruptcy. I am aware of the history with Mercedes, followed by Fiat, and now with PSA; it feels as though they are the lab rats for all of these foolish decisions and everything that has gone wrong.<p>I guess I'd hammer my infotainment screen if I'd seen such an ad.
This is very promising, If only the car had some sort of heads-up display that could project advertisements over the entire windshield while you're driving.
If bmw or any other manufacturer was to do that in my car, i would just call over and over their sale man with the 'bluetooth call' until they loose more money by showing me ads than they earn.<p>In my country stellantis (owner of jeep brand) tried to save by money by hiding that their car's airbag is killing people. Now there's been enough dead that that they can't just ignore it and made a recall but waiting list is very long.<p>They knew that since at least 2016, 8 years before the recall. They could have done it slowly since then, avoid drivers death and not having people locked out of their car waiting for airbag replacement.<p>I guess they were working harder on the new Jeep advertisement system.
This is a SlashDot post that is a link to YouTube video that discusses a Twitter post that reposts a reddit post - <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/1iij34r/jeep_puts_an_ad_covering_my_entire_screen_and_it/" rel="nofollow">https://old.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/1iij34r/jeep...</a><p>Which I thought is funny.
> That Appear Every Time You Stop<p>Do they only appear when you stop? Are we sure the ad peddling software is bug free?<p>Is this a criminal safety investigation matter now, or will we wait until they show up while driving and someone dies because they got lost in some wilderness due to lack of navigation?
I always thought that - "I want to have my car to have airplane mode", would have had a different meaning. One including small wings and small nuclear powered jet engine, with strong retrofuturistic vibes.
Ford's patent on an in-vehicle advertising system [1] contains the following clause: "[the system] further provide the opposite force to a user's natural inclination to seek minimal or no ads. [The system] may intelligently schedule variable durations of ads, with playing time seeking to maximize company revenue while minimizing the impact on user experience".<p>Car companies know no one wants this. They just don't care.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.motortrend.com/news/ford-in-vehicle-advertising-patent/" rel="nofollow">https://www.motortrend.com/news/ford-in-vehicle-advertising-...</a>
It's getting to the point where we need a tool (a website?) that tracks the user-unfriendly features in different cars of different model years, so that we can make informed choices at buying time.
As if it wasn’t bad enough they were so out of touch they thought $90k for their Wagoneers was a good base price. A vehicle literally no one was asking for.<p>With median US income around $43k/year, these geniuses thought there’d be a huge market for these monstrosities (and I am in no way anti-SUV).<p>This was after axing their Dodge sports cars that were actually selling, and dicking around with the Ram pickup. The bread & butter of their lineup.<p>But ARU! Listen you c-suite morons, sell the products your customers actually want to pay for. Stellantis’ stupidity is going to bankrupt a lot of dealers if they can’t execute these re-rollouts successfully and finally clear this glut.<p>And now I see shit like this. Pure, unadulterated enshitification.<p>How do these ideas not get shot down 2 seconds after they leave someone’s mouth? I guarantee you, not one person who heard such an idea thought it was a good one. It is impossible to witness such stupidity happening and think this will accomplish any business objective or be a good direction for the brand.
Other car manufacturers should immediately book all ad spots and advertise their ad free cars right there. Ideally they will play right after test drive ends at the car dealership.
They've probably done the analysis and found the demographic most likely to respond to/tolerate an ad to be Jeep owners or in the vicinity of it.
So this friend of mine last year visited a Mercedes Benz retailer, and was told "Actually our corporate mission is now to pioneer the electronic butler embedded in the vehicle (as in, oh look, parkings are nearby, and you are near a place where you may want to like to buy something...). If you oppose that, this is the last brand you want to approach".<p>It's a race. Still maybe not so evident, but declared.
I'd say the countermeasure is like "AdNauseam". You just click "call" every time you see the ad. Rack up their costs until it becomes a net negative to show you an ad.
This will probably cause accidents left and right. May even increase road rage. I know I would just drive my Jeep off into a river if I spent money only to be targeted for ads.
While you're stopped at the light, you'll also need to open the verification can to let the car know you've watched the ad, before it will go again.
> Imagine pulling up to a red light, checking your GPS for directions, and suddenly, the entire screen is hijacked by an ad.<p>I don’t like this kind of exaggeration because it misses the core issue. And because the argument can easily be refuted, e.g., ads are only displayed when the car is parked.<p>The real issue is that a car remains operational, and the manufacturer continues to profit from it long after the purchase by ignoring the owner's right to self-determination. It’s not just about distraction from ads but rather about the fundamental business model of manufacturers. They retain control over the vehicle and use it to generate additional revenue—often at the expense of user freedom. Many essential features are locked behind paywalls or tied to subscriptions. The buyer owns the car, but not full control over it—and that is the real problem.
Jeep is now on the list of vehicles I'd never own. Ever. Even if they go back on the decision. Permanent lifetime ban for me and my family. My wife can't have a jeep, and neither can either of my kids.
Roku TVs now inject ads into your non-Roku viewing. Amazon and Netflix have normalized ads in their products.it won't be long before they move them into more expensive product tiers.<p>If other auto manufacturers follow suit, this too will be normalized. Enshittification seems inevitable without collective action.
> Ads can be seen in this video<p><i>Links to a 11-minute video of a boomer browsing the internet</i><p>I'm sorry but this is too funny. An article about wasting people's attention wastes people's attention.
I honestly thought their website was triggering a popup ad every time you stopped moving your mouse, and I was ready to write a long rant that no one would ever read.<p>But... they actually show ads in your car every time you stop!? This is so bad I don't even know where to begin. The audacity!?
Not surprising to see these aggressive tactics given that Stellantis is on the verge of bankruptcy, and other big companies like VW are on that path. Brands started with selling location data to brokers and other invisible things, and now it’s just more obvious how they’re trying to stop losses. Still, this is just as angering as BMW charging subscription fees for heated seats.