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schizoidman@schizoidman@lemmy.zip

BMW Is Showing Commercials On Their Car's Dash Screens And They Want You To Think It's A Treat

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The AutopianBMW Is Showing Commercials On Their Car's Dash Screens And They Want You To Think It's A Treat - The AutopianYou know what would be terrible? Terrible in a sort of dystopian, capitalism-run-amok sort of way? Imagine buying a brand-new, fancy, premium-grade car. From an automaker with a respected name. Like, say, BMW. This is a machine with some status! Let’s say it costs, oh, $61,500, and you’re paying, what, about $1300 a month? Something […]
NarrativeBear@NarrativeBear@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech⁩

I though it was illegal to even do that. For example, parked at a read light and texting is definitely illegal. You need to pull over completely off the road to do that.

So I don’t see how a car can show you ads at a read light or stop sign, this literally diverts your attention away from the intersection and surrounding area.

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