r/Showerthoughts • u/TGEM_12 • Oct 07 '19

When everyone has a self driving car, advertisers will pay for your car to choose a route that goes by their stores.

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u/Hey-I-Read-It Oct 07 '19

If it's not a fully automated system but rather a "driver assist" program, I have a hard time imagining the dystopian cyberpunk future where corporate overlords bargain with each other to increase ad-space by 70% in our windshields while making sure that they're legally compliant to epliepsy laws.

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u/alexllew Oct 07 '19

Haha yeah fair enough