Don't worry, I'm sure the first lawsuit that arises because someone got into an accident, too distracted by the advertising will render this service defunct.
But if it does, I'll just download Lavasoft's Auto Ad-Aware. While driving, the car may slow down while scanning for intrusive ads, but I would consider that a small price to pay so I won't get into an accident.
Yup. Ads should be turned off because they are no better than those billboards they put up around the city. On the plus side though, is Microsoft befriending Apple? Or is it reverse? I personally think Apple should be locked out to boost the sales of Zune.
The adds will probably be something akin to Google Adwords, when you search for a POI it shows "sponsored" points of interest that are nearby or when your driving on the freeway it shows if one of the advertising stores nearby has a store at the next offramp. Im sure it wont be full on video or audio advertising.
Gee I can't wait till MS's adware starts slowing down your in-car computer to a crawl. Incoming phone calls that don't ring until just before it goes to VM like on my WM5 phone or something.
Though to be fair, my understanding is iDrive runs MS software, and while it's got it's share of problems, random slowness/hanging is not one of them.
What they seem to not understand is that you don't OWN the airwaves, the rights to the music played on the radio, or the land that the billboards are on. Sure, you're *used* to seeing and hearing ads, but it doesn't mean you like it. Plus, it doesn't take up space on something you own. Why would I want some percentage of my (say) 800x600 display wasted on advertising? When you drop hundreds of dollars on a media system, or thousands on a SatNav system, you expect to be able to USE it.
They should instead compare it with how users would feel about paying for a computer, paying for a monitor, paying for a copy of Windows, and THEN having your hardware wasted to show you ads.
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Don't worry, I'm sure the first lawsuit that arises because someone got into an accident, too distracted by the advertising will render this service defunct.
Agreed. That's why it won't happen.
But if it does, I'll just download Lavasoft's Auto Ad-Aware. While driving, the car may slow down while scanning for intrusive ads, but I would consider that a small price to pay so I won't get into an accident.
Yup. Ads should be turned off because they are no better than those billboards they put up around the city. On the plus side though, is Microsoft befriending Apple? Or is it reverse? I personally think Apple should be locked out to boost the sales of Zune.
The adds will probably be something akin to Google Adwords, when you search for a POI it shows "sponsored" points of interest that are nearby or when your driving on the freeway it shows if one of the advertising stores nearby has a store at the next offramp. Im sure it wont be full on video or audio advertising.
Gee I can't wait till MS's adware starts slowing down your in-car computer to a crawl. Incoming phone calls that don't ring until just before it goes to VM like on my WM5 phone or something.
Though to be fair, my understanding is iDrive runs MS software, and while it's got it's share of problems, random slowness/hanging is not one of them.
What they seem to not understand is that you don't OWN the airwaves, the rights to the music played on the radio, or the land that the billboards are on. Sure, you're *used* to seeing and hearing ads, but it doesn't mean you like it. Plus, it doesn't take up space on something you own. Why would I want some percentage of my (say) 800x600 display wasted on advertising? When you drop hundreds of dollars on a media system, or thousands on a SatNav system, you expect to be able to USE it.
They should instead compare it with how users would feel about paying for a computer, paying for a monitor, paying for a copy of Windows, and THEN having your hardware wasted to show you ads.
Some product/marketing folks just don't get it.
heh, I can Imagine it now:
"your ads crashed my car!"
"have you tried getting and getting back in?"