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It could also identify your voice and recognize you and your ad preferences, and those of your passengers.

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[-] match@pawb.social 38 points 1 month ago

m-maybe they're just patenting it so nobody can use it 🥺

[-] jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 month ago

Lots of ideas are patented, especially by large companies. Some ideas are pursued by the company themselves, while others sit in the patent war chest to (maybe) generate passive income and help with future litigation. Very occasionally they are used for prevention.

Regardless, such a system would be a reason for many people to avoid buying a particular car or brand of car.

[-] ElderReflections@fedia.io 19 points 1 month ago

Maybe we can patent being a shitty CEO that exploits humanity for profit.

[-] match@pawb.social 19 points 1 month ago
[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago

I definitely imagined the SpongeBob meme pointing at ever growing piles

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 1 month ago

Used cars are going to get much more valuable with all the enshitified crap they keep putting in new cars.

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 31 points 1 month ago

I feel like there might be an emerging market for a car company that makes new, safe cars with very low tech computer systems.

Ah who am I kidding, I wish there was a market for all kinds of functional-but-not-enshittified products out there, but the complete lack of them shows the entrenched powers that be will stomp out any attempt to upset the terrible status quo.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

As much as people hate Musk, Tesla is unusual in that they allow you to opt out of all connectivity. Get no updates, send no video, audio, or data to the company

[-] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 28 points 1 month ago

If it recognizes me it would know my ad preference is none. What is it with paid items/subscriptions and ads? I already paid. Fuck off. If I see paid stuff with ads I go out of my way to not use it.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago

Well, then you're going to hear

Limited offer! Sign up until September 30 for Ford Fun Plus and get a year of ad-free rides at just $10 per month!

most of the time, much like Spotify.
(Last time I was in a Spotify-"enhanced" waiting room was 6 years ago so no idea if that still holds.)

[-] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 10 points 1 month ago

Thanks. I hate it

[-] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 26 points 1 month ago

Hey other automakers looking for an exciting new feature, you can always advertise NOT snooping as a feature and "add value" without having to do squat. Think about it, less scummy companies! (if they still exist)

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 8 points 1 month ago

Until there is a hard kill switch for the cellular connection, they can’t claim to not be scummy

[-] Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago

a patent about juicing customers. that's peak capitalism

[-] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 10 points 1 month ago
[-] mosscap@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago

Pro-tip: a bicycle would never

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If it works like most AI ad engines, it will keep advertising more of the same Ford car you just bought.

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