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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 23:23:15 JST Ars Technica

   In-car advertising glitch may be preview of a distracting future
   In-vehicle selling in connected cars may be too tempting for car makers to ignore.
   https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/in-car-advertising-glitch-may-be-preview-of-a-distracting-future/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Quark Maker (quarkmaker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 23:26:15 JST Quark Maker

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     @arstechnica It's all about revenue extraction and control of people.

   • Gary Dale (garydale@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 23:28:56 JST Gary Dale

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     @arstechnica One of the things I like about my EV is that it is "old school". It uses knobs and levers to control things with the instrument panel being centred above the steering column. I don't need to take my eyes off the road for more than a second to find and operate the control I need. Touch screens should not be operational when the vehicle is in motion.

   • Freevolt (freevolt24@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 23:42:53 JST Freevolt

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     @arstechnica What a bleak present.

   • bouriquet (bouriquet@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 01:21:37 JST bouriquet

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     @arstechnica So glad that I drive an older vehicle that doesn’t have an LCD screen or a bluetooth/web connection.

   • kphotoscape (kphotoscape@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 01:27:43 JST kphotoscape

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     @arstechnica looking at our phones is illegal but having pop ups over our maps is totally fine 🙄

   • Carolyn (cstamp@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 15:30:46 JST Carolyn

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     @arstechnica I can't think how much a company would have to pay ME to drive crap like that.