• @jqubed@lemmy.world
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    184 months ago

    Are they going to take the Amazon Kindle route? Pay one price for the car or pay a lower price for the car that shows you ads? Not that the car makers would use it to lower the price of the cars, but raise the price of ad-free cars I’m sure.

    • @schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business
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      94 months ago

      No, they won’t.

      At best you’ll get some sort of nearly worthless concession because they have to slap in cellular hardware to make the ad bit work - something like you’ll get free traffic updates on your gps nav (sold seperately) - since they need some sort of enticement.

      No way they’d offer anything remotely looking like a meaningful discount.

      • @db2@lemmy.world
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        44 months ago

        If I ever get a car with built in cellular like that it’s getting ripped out so fast.

          • @db2@lemmy.world
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            14 months ago

            The other thing I hate is the reverse lights going on when it’s put in park. They’re reverse lights.

            • Lka1988
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              24 months ago

              That’s a GM thing, so other people notice your car and don’t speed past in parking lots.