Ads in your vehicle

[Visualvalhalla]

BMW is pushing video ads in their entertainment system now.
I'm so glad our Slate will never have that experience.

https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/usa/...ny-pictures-film-“spider-man™:-brand-new-day”

 

[Adam W]

Slate will have to mail us a Spider-Man slatelet, and ask us to please install it on our dash.

 

[RevMS]

BMW is pushing video ads in their entertainment system now.
I'm so glad our Slate will never have that experience.

https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/usa/article/detail/T0459681EN_US/bmw-brings-modern-mobility-to-the-sony-pictures-film-“spider-man™:-brand-new-day”

Listening to raido through TuneIn and I get a couple of ads before the program starts. Only mildly annoying ... not a video ad however.

 

[AZFox]

Subscription ad-blocker incoming...

 

[SpoonKiller]

Subscription ad-blocker incoming...

They'll brick your car and void your warranty if they detect it...

 

[AZFox]

They'll brick your car and void your warranty if they detect it...

I meant they'll monetize it.

Similar to paying extra for an Amazon Kindle without ads on the lockscreen.

 

[SpoonKiller]

I meant they'll monetize it.

Similar to paying extra for an Amazon Kindle without ads on the lockscreen.

...someone will figure out how to run pi-hole

 

[Freyar]

It's the natural extension of having a captive audience in an expensive purchase and the entire market will move that way.

I expected it, but that doesn't make me any less infuriated. You pay $60-80k for a car, that spies on you, that requires you to pay them consistently to use all the features, and then as I expected, they start pushing ads?

Entirely why I am behind Slate's (current) "leaving you alone to use the truck" attitude, and why I do not trust policy-based promises.

[Expletive], this pisses me off incredibly, because BMW is not the only one that will do this.

 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

"Didn't you have ads in the twentieth century?" -Leela
"Well, sure, but not in our dreams. Only on TV and radio...and in magazines...and movies, and at ballgames, and on buses, and milk cartons, and T-shirts, and bananas, and written in the sky. But not in dreams, no sirree." -Fry

 

[AeroWolf]

Please update your subscription for ad-free driving of your Ford vehicle for just $5/month. Or take this 5-minute survey to put your car in gear.

 

[Adam W]

This is why I'm so dubious about self driving autonomy. Love the actual tech, but unfortunately we don't live in a world where it doesn't become a subscription with ever-increasing fees. Big Auto is going to want their cut every time you need to go pick up some groceries.

 

[ElectricShitbox]

This is why I'm basically only cross-shopping the Slate with EV swapping something, haha.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

It's the natural extension of having a captive audience in an expensive purchase and the entire market will move that way.

I expected it, but that doesn't make me any less infuriated. You pay $60-80k for a car, that spies on you, that requires you to pay them consistently to use all the features, and then as I expected, they start pushing ads?

Entirely why I am behind Slate's (current) "leaving you alone to use the truck" attitude, and why I do not trust policy-based promises.

[Expletive], this pisses me off incredibly, because BMW is not the only one that will do this.

Sounds like an ex-!?

 

[im_a_dirty_dirty_slate]

Oh, it's so stupid of BMW. Makes me want to never buy another.

 

[Johnologue]

This is why I'm so dubious about self driving autonomy. Love the actual tech, but unfortunately we don't live in a world where it doesn't become a subscription with ever-increasing fees. Big Auto is going to want their cut every time you need to go pick up some groceries.

This is the point of self-driving autonomy, though I think the "recurring revenue" is only one reason. A captive audience for at least an hour commuting every day! No wheel, just a connected tablet to engage with, a personalized social feed, and maybe even media generated according to your preferences.

I meant they'll monetize it.

Similar to paying extra for an Amazon Kindle without ads on the lockscreen.

I wouldn't be surprised if they had no plans to monetize it, except maybe selling it as something for businesses with their own branding concerns. Like, "oh, if you're a business with client data you're legally obligated to protect, we'll sell you a version of the service with no AI. Why would anyone else want that?"

When companies describe things like this as a treat that they expect consumers to enjoy, I believe they are 100% dead-serious sincere. They believe in a very different future than we do. That's the "modern mobility" they're bringing.