My car of the future will have a very complicated hosts file. The manufacturer had better not try to break the self-driving features if I block the ads. If they do I volunteer to be the pedestrian that gets hit by a car with ad-block so I can sue them for the stupid decision.
I'm just envisioning a scenario where the car automatically pulls to the side of the highway, locks the doors and dishes you with a 15 second ad, and then the doors unlock and the journey resumes as normal.
Wow. We are really moving into a sad future where we will be watched and advertised to all the time. I guess self driving cars will also have an ad screen you probably can turn off for a premium.
Beautiful thinking. Now back to reality - let's randomly play ads through your car audio system while driving and at max volume. Of course we will block your ability to control said audio system for duration of an ad so you can't skip nor mute the ad, duh. Enjoy your internet connected car.
It shouldn't be showing ads at all, ever while in a car regardless of whether the car is moving or not.
Maybe these ads are part of the reason every third stoplight I have to honk my horn because the guy ahead of me is dicking around on his phone after it turns green?
I can say this: if my car is now going to be throwing ads at me as well, I'm going off grid. I have enough information pollution that I have to deal with.
Imagine. The taxi would probably take a sponsored route through commercial hubs. Show you a good view of a hotel perhaps so that you take a room there. The radio would play ads and the windows would be transparent panels with overlaid ads.
(It has gradually occurred to me that without the safeguards of privacy ingrained in western societies, the state of ad tech in China has already surpassed the U.S. and Europe in its sophistication.)
Its truly incredible. I also had to stop using ad-block due to some work-related regulations, and I should demand compensation from the state on that.
What is most noticeable to me is how wasteful advertising is. I've seen some of the same ad 1000 times, and im just not going to buy that damn car. I cant drive!
If they were building an in-car communication service, that would be one thing.
But "click here to interact with street ads" seems pretty pointless to me, just one more bullshit distraction.
I will note, I have not owned a car this century, and only drive when I need to. But I don't even want a screen in my car. The only useful feature is the backup camera, and I'm fine parallel parking for myself, if the cost of the camera is every other control moves to a fucking touch screen.
I'm probably going to have to buy something in the next couple of years, and I'm pretty sure it is going to be a very old truck that predates the crapification.
Not only should the in car interface lock itself when driving to a map or rear camera, but distracting video billboards in general should be banned for safety reasons. Tempting drivers to push buttons to make pop ups go away is just going to lead to deaths. I have a friend who died in a car accident and “ad revenue” doesn’t impress me as a justification
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