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Did the owners know they would be served ads when they purchased the car? That’s not clear to me.

• gruez 2y ago
  Unless you go to every transit board meeting, you probably won't know that your local bus is going to have digital ad displays plastered on them either. Even then, such issues rarely come up as a ballot initiative so the most you can do is make an impassioned speech and hope they reverse course. So both cases are pretty similar, actually. You're choosing something (car brand/politician), vaguely hoping they serve your interests, and hope that the threat if you switching to competitors is enough to keep them in line.
  • alistairSH 2y ago
    Uh, buses have had ads on the sides forever, at least in the US. Buying a car, which haven’t had ads previously, only to discover after the fact that it serves ads is a change to the status quo. Even more so if the ads were pushed via firmware update and not something that was originally spec’ed (no clue if this is what happened, but sounds plausible, given lack of details).
    • gruez 2y ago
      >Uh, buses have had ads on the sides forever, at least in the US. That's why I mentioned "digital ad displays" specifically, because as other commenters have noted, are starting to pop up in some places.