> I do not want ads in traffic. This is non-negotiable for safety reasons alone.
LMAO! OK, who's gonna tell him about the ads on the radio?
LMAO! OK, who's gonna tell him about the ads on the radio?
- be turned off by turning off the radio - are not inherent to the operation of the vehicle
How long will it be until there is an ad that makes it confusing how to dismiss it and uses a police siren to get your attention? How long until someone uses the radio to ransomware your car using a remote code execution vulnerability?
When I was in high school, the local radio station played a siren as part of the intro to their traffic update segment. Being a high schooler, I naturally had my volume cranked up pretty high - leading to at least a once-a-week near-swerve on my way to school as the segment began.
Radio is optional as you can switch it off at any time, change the volume, is not imposed by the manufacturer, and you had the option to listen to your own cassetes and later CDs and digital for 50+ years.
So no, you can't switch it off at any time.
And this exception points to the current trend for manufactured control + everything as a platform, so it can be seen as a further argument towards the point we're making here against this trend.