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Re:Ford Wants Billboards to Beam Distracting Ads to Screens ... by JKCalhoun on Friday May 14, 2021 @04:46PM (#27159498)
Do advertisers pay Ford for this privilege?

Because that would be awesome if Ford slashed the price of their vehicles since they will be paid for by ads.

Re:Ford Wants Billboards to Beam Distracting Ads to Screens ... by an_opabinia on Friday May 14, 2021 @04:48PM (#27159516)
It's not like that.

The value is that the kind of person who like, buys a new car, is someone who buys shit generally, a proverbial whale consumer. They could just sell the purchaser lists directly, and it would already get you 80% of the way there (20% is the intent, although is there really intent if you look at a billboard?)

Re:Ford Wants Billboards to Beam Distracting Ads to Screens ... by llarsson on Friday May 14, 2021 @04:59PM (#27159614)
There is intent of you hit the "navigate me there" button.
Re:Ford Wants Billboards to Beam Distracting Ads to Screens ... by mapmap on Saturday May 15, 2021 @09:41AM (#27165135)
This is definitely on their radar, at least conceptually. At the Ford developer conference they shared the idea of the zero dollar car. At signing, you are given the option to let them collect various data points (barometer, location for traffic, location for advertising, etc) in exchange for cost reductions on the final price.