BMWs shows in-car ads for Spiderman

5•bigmattystyles•2h ago

It's an alert that comes in as a surprise from BMW - you don't have to click it, but when you do, you are met with a minute long video ad for Spiderman.

Submitting as I figured it would be interesting for discussion. Boiling frogs and all.

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sloaken•1h ago

This occurs in YOUR car!?! WTF That is a great reason to never buy an BMW. Thanks for the warning.

4d4m•1h ago

Paying a premium for a not-premium experience haha. I love BMW for its' design world contributions, but this is more anti-consumer behavior from the company that popularized melting plastic parts in your engine.

al_borland•1h ago

I guess the heated seat subscription was the canary in the coal mine.

My “ultimate driving experience” is ad free.

sejje•1h ago

I have to think the original founding crew would like to punch someone in the mouth, if they could see this.

sandreas•44m ago

I think the only way vendors will learn that this is not acceptable is people not buying their stuff any more.

In my opinion Windows has pushed "slop" too far and is now experiencing lowering market share and I really hope this happens to all the companies trying a B055man69 move[1] on their customers.

1: Nolan Sorrento, Ready Player One, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpPE85Jogjw

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