GM puts an e-commerce marketplace in the dashboard

Re:GM puts an e-commerce marketplace in the dashboard by mikestew on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @12:27PM (#15862930)

“Financed by the merchants...” I’m trying to think of a scenario where this ends well. I apparently lack imagination. I mean, Apple tries very hard to discourage me from using my phone while driving (I have to push a button that say, “I’m a shithead who thinks he’s the exception that can drive while looking at a phone”). How hard do you think those “financing merchants” are going to try?

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Re:GM puts an e-commerce marketplace in the dashboard by segmondy on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @12:42PM (#15863075)

This is just ahead of the curve, self driving cars are coming /s

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Re:GM puts an e-commerce marketplace in the dashboard by yndoendo on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @12:47PM (#15863124)

Augmented Reality seems to be the only answer to useless and invasive technology and excessive advertising. I foresee uBlock and Ad-Block will most likely be working with AR in the future.

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Re:GM puts an e-commerce marketplace in the dashboard by Something1234 on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @02:47PM (#15864305)

How'd you turn this on? It doesn't happen on my mother's phone and she fiddles with it when driving.

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Re:GM puts an e-commerce marketplace in the dashboard by mikestew on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @03:14PM (#15864547)

Go to Settings, focus the search text box at the top of the screen. Enter “driving”, it should show “DND while driving”. Turn that on. Not much of a deterrent, because there's a "I'm not driving button" when you try and use your phone. That's understandable, since I doubt "Fuck everybody else, I've got toots to post!" would fit in the modal, and localization would be difficult.

I also thought it was the default, but obviously not.

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Re:GM puts an e-commerce marketplace in the dashboard by pinewurst on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:23PM (#15865609)

I use the "I'm not driving" button because notifications come when I'm on the bus and train.

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Re:GM puts an e-commerce marketplace in the dashboard by mikestew on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @06:20PM (#15866094)

Interesting, I guess seeing a familiar BT ID is just one of the pieces of sensor data it looks at. I know it checks if you’re moving (I get notifications in my garage after the car is started but not moving), I just didn’t know it would rely solely on that.

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