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In-car advertising glitch may be preview of a distracting future (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] Canadian_Cabinet 124 points 5 days ago (5 children)

"Glitch"

[–] [email protected] 77 points 5 days ago

We, by accident of course, planned, implemented, tested and released a feature to load and show ads on your car display. Could've happened to anyone...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

"Unfixable glitch", but you can have your ad-free vehicle for an easy $29.99/month (+ tip)

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oopsie, can you please look away and pretend that we are trying to fix it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

"trying to delete now"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

The pot getting turned up another degree.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Happy Accident.