BMW Is Showing Commercials On Their Car's Dash Screens And They Want You To Think It's A Treat - The Autopian
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You know what would be terrible? Terrible in a sort of dystopian, capitalism-run-amok sort of way? Imagine buying a brand-new, fancy, premium-grade car. From an automaker with a respected name. Like, say, BMW. This is a machine with some status! Let’s say it costs, oh, $61,500, and you’re paying, what, about $1300 a month? Something […]
  • DandomRude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    1 month ago

    There isn’t much luxury in a car that annoys you with ads, is there?

    But hey, maybe there’s an extra-super-luxury subscription that lets you turn off the ads. You know, like YouTube Premium or something, except that the free version already costs several tens of thousands of dollars.

    It’s a win-win: insecure rich guys can feel superior again and BMW gets $.