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Well folks, it finally happened. The screen in your pickup truck… your last bastion of peace from the chaos of unskippable advertisements… now plays popup ads. Not even subtle ones. We’re talking full-dash, head-unit-commandeering infomercial panels in your RAM 1500, like you’re driving a Times Square billboard on wheels.

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[-] nao@sh.itjust.works 7 points 20 hours ago

It's an ad to call a phone number, are people buying things on the phone like this?

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 9 points 17 hours ago

If someone were, it's someone getting the latest model Ram.

[-] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 3 points 16 hours ago

The odds of a Ram 1500 driver drunk-dialling the number on the popup ad blocking their backup cam is low... but never zero!

[-] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

You just tap the “call” button, you do t type the number.

Still dumb, though.

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