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Re:Laravel raised money and now injects ads directly into yo... by ceejayoz on Thursday April 16, 2026 @12:09PM (#47795485)
Sure.

But the existence of a single crappy car establishes very definitively that a crappy car can and does exist.

Do you think Samsung's the only company that's gonna play with ads on their smart fridges?

Re:Laravel raised money and now injects ads directly into yo... by mgraczyk on Thursday April 16, 2026 @12:26PM (#47795792)
It's not a good reason to be skeptical about cars as a technology (and by analogy brain computer interfaces)
Re:Laravel raised money and now injects ads directly into yo... by ceejayoz on Thursday April 16, 2026 @12:31PM (#47795870)
I think it's pretty solid evidence profit-driven orgs will shove ads anywhere they can, regardless of how good that is for users.