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Yup. My Nissan gives me a monthly nag screen to accept terms in order to use my navigation map and audio system. The car has its own 4G connection (I don’t pay anything, it’s not usable to me) in order to download traffic data, send telemetry home, and I believe SiriusXM radio.



I'm currently imagining a nightmare scenario where those gas station tv ads are playing inside of the car. I sincerely hope that day never comes.


> gas station tv ads

I've been driving EVs for the past 10 years (LEAF -> Model X -> I-PACE) during which time I haven't used a gas pump. After reading your comment I had to go searching for this thing about ads playing while you're filling up. I found this Reddit post about being forced to watch ads before being allowed to even start the pump!

https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/819tcf/forci...

Oh. My. God. I'm disappointed. Not surprised. But disappointed.

> playing inside of the car

Yeah, that's definitely going at the top of my list of car "misfeatures" that would make me run screaming to another brand.


Speed = 0, Display Ad = True?

Goddamn, I don't want this post to be a screenshot for someone to point out that we can see the future.


Speed=0,Fuel_Cap=OFF,Display_Ad=True. - well, if anyone is going to get it first, its those Tesla owners lol.


I was thinking more of running the ad at a red light but yeah...




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