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Last year we got a rental car when we were in Florida. When we first left the airport, we were using the navigation app that was in the car. First red light? Na
by at-fates-hands 5mo ago
Last year we got a rental car when we were in Florida. When we first left the airport, we were using the navigation app that was in the car. First red light? Navigation app suddenly goes black and a commercial starts playing. My wife and I both look at each other like, "WTF is going on?!?" Light turns green commercial clips out and the navigation app starts working again. We waited to see if it happened at the next light. Sure enough, the last commercial finished and another started as the light turned green.
Tuned it off and used our phones from there to the hotel. That was the last time we used a rental cars navigation.
So yeah, its already happening.
- 4chandaily 5mo agoThis would be the last time I used that rental car company. If they wanted to make more money from you, they should have just raised the price. That is disgusting.
- dylan604 5mo agoThere's only so many rental companies. It might look like there's a lot, but they are all pretty much a sibling company to a larger parent.
- fc417fc802 5mo agoI've got a great startup idea - airbnb but it's for renting out your car. Nothing could possibly go wrong!
- dylan604 5mo agoDoesn't that already exist?
- fc417fc802 5mo ago... does it? I've seen stuff like zipcar but that's centralized ownership.
- dylan604 5mo agoSomeone else posted Turo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turo_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turo_(company)
- d3Xt3r 5mo agoNew Zealand had a service called YourDrive[1] that was pitched exactly as "AirBnB for cars"[2]. I used it a couple of times and it was great, super affordable. Unfortunately they didn't survive the Covid crunch. [1] https://www.drivencarguide.co.nz/news/new-zealand-startup-lets-you-rent-out-your-own-car-by-the-hour/ https://www.drivencarguide.co.nz/news/new-zealand-startup-le... [2] https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/17-09-2017/the-airbnb-for-cars-that-could-forever-change-the-way-new-zealanders-drive https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/17-09-2017/the-airbnb-for-c...
- fc417fc802 5mo agoThanks for the link. I once again find myself in that exceedingly strange zone where satire and reality become undifferentiable and I begin questioning my understanding of the world.
- fghorow 5mo agoTuro.
- tavavex 5mo agoJust be thankful the ads were on a display that you could disable. Soon, we'll have heads-up displays that project partially transparent videos over your windshield, so you literally can't drive without looking at an ad. And add in advertisements playing over the audio system on full blast with no way to turn it off.