Jeep introduces in-dash advertisements

[BearPatrol]

BG6 Forum is already on the bandwagon...seven different pop-up adds as I read through this thread. Can't even read in peace

Check out ublock orgin. I have zero ads on every website. Including this one. You can even create custom rules for elements to block which is great for cleaning up some websites.

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[vrtical]

The art of blocking the mofos.

 

[Dral97]

That would be pretty minor. You're already sitting through their audible ad.

XM ad? I subscribe and I don't ever get ads on the channels I listen to, just the talking head DJs.

Anyway, I was considering not paying for the auto radio subscription and just moving to the way cheaper app only version (which I essentially get free through T-mobile I think). Looks like that's what I'll be doing soon.

 

[B22-2023]

Check out ublock orgin. I have zero ads on every website. Including this one. You can even create custom rules for elements to block which is great for cleaning up some websites.

Thanks for that great tip, it cleans up this site well, and 1Block works wonders on iPhone (where this site functions the worst in terms of ads for me). And "JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding."....is a message I can live with now that it is blocking more of these pointless ads Google Ads. Still get 4x4Truck LEDs, though, which is good!

 

[JediMcMuffin]

BG6 Forum is already on the bandwagon...seven different pop-up adds as I read through this thread. Can't even read in peace

Try out "Brave" browser. Thank me later.

 

[Doc TOC]

Oh, the irony ...

Check out ublock orgin. I have zero ads on every website. Including this one. You can even create custom rules for elements to block which is great for cleaning up some websites.

Added, then this immediately comes up from B6G:

 

[userdude]

Oh, the irony ...

That's Google protecting it's AdSense platform. They've changed how manifests can be done and add-ons can be updated so that they can stay ahead of the ad blockers. There's no actual "best practices" involved except "keeps our pockets from bulging even more". Google stopped "not being evil" a long, long time ago.

 

[BR_1992]

Gas Station TV is nails-on-chalkboard level for me. They almost all have it now, but I'd go out of my way to avoid it. Never buying a car where the screen gets hijacked by some such . It could definitely cheapen a brand. Maybe the Spirit/Frontier-level service consumers would tolerate it, but it's hard to see it in a Mercedes or Lexus.

 

[Ft. Worth Rob]

Enshittification? I have a new word to use.

 

[Brian_B]

That's Google protecting it's AdSense platform. They've changed how manifests can be done and add-ons can be updated so that they can stay ahead of the ad blockers. There's no actual "best practices" involved except "keeps our pockets from bulging even more". Google stopped "not being evil" a long, long time ago.

Yeah I switched over to Brave when that happened.

 

[userdude]

Gas Station TV is nails-on-chalkboard level for me. They almost all have it now, but I'd go out of my way to avoid it. Never buying a car where the screen gets hijacked by some such . It could definitely cheapen a brand. Maybe the Spirit/Frontier-level service consumers would tolerate it, but it's hard to see it in a Mercedes or Lexus.

That's a nice idea, but not how advertisers think. Those would be potentially very valuable ads, especially if they know whose in the car (phone). The ads they see will likely be very different from you or me, though.

TVs are turning into ad platforms at the OS level. (And yes, they can do this with updates, not only new TVs.) I know my high-end LG TV already has moved this goal post and from what I've read about it, none of the sets are going to be excluded. Once you sell a TV (or a car), the manufacturer generally stops getting money for that purchase. To keep monetizing that relationship, monitor what the buyers are doing with the product (Ford does this already), sell that in some form and offer ads through new opportunities.

Also, renting that product (in terms of rental income) is something car manufacturers have been chasing since the 90's. Ads, you're the product. That will likely go down better than renting remote start and heated seats to you, the "buyer of the product". Revenue streams will be created one way or the other.

 

[userdude]

Enshittification? I have a new word to use.

See Cory Doctorow's recent article (I think he was also the one that coined it, back when FB turned):

https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/

 

[11811]

Avoiding ads is simple....just don't stop

 

[Broncobadlands2023]

We don’t have XM but I can confirm this happens. I thought I was going crazy because they kept popping up 4-5 times every drive!,I think it’s mostly my wife’s wrangler, not my gladiator.

 

[BR_1992]

renting that product (in terms of rental income) is something car manufacturers have been chasing since the 90's. Ads, you're the product. That will likely go down better than renting remote start and heated seats to you, the "buyer of the product". Revenue streams will be created one way or the other.

I'd rather "rent" a feature because I'm used to buying different options in a car. I pay to get a thing I want, or, not.

But car makers want you to have a positive association with their brand, so you'll keep buying it. If they treat every sale like it's the last one ever so they might as well milk it customer-be-damned, they won't keep anyone's business. Competition in the auto industry is fierce. The lifetime value of spamming my screen is nothing compared to the loss when I walk to the other dealership. I think demand to avoid this stuff would be high enough that not everyone does it. Or at least, they offer the indignity of an ad-free car, maybe with the lux package? I pay Spotify more to avoid the ads.

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