Soon: ads on your HUD while you wait in traffic.

placatedmayhem 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This has already happened: https://www.motorbiscuit.com/jeep-dodge-owners-mad-infotainm...

at-fates-hands 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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.

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4chandaily 5 hours ago | parent [-]

This 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.

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dylan604 4 hours ago | parent [-]

There'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.

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fc417fc802 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I've got a great startup idea - airbnb but it's for renting out your car. Nothing could possibly go wrong!

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d3Xt3r 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

New 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-le...

[2] https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/17-09-2017/the-airbnb-for-c...

	▲	fc417fc802 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks 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.

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fghorow 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Turo.

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dylan604 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Doesn't that already exist?

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fc417fc802 3 hours ago | parent [-]

... does it? I've seen stuff like zipcar but that's centralized ownership.

	▲	dylan604 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Someone else posted Turo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turo_(company)