If it proves a lucrative business model, you may not get a choice. Making "smart" TVs was lucrative, and now almost all TVs are smart. No matter whether you buy a Samsung,a Sony, or an LG. If advertising in cars becomes successful, no matter what brand you buy, expect it to come with ads.
Yep. I've got a 10 year old Plasma that still works and looks great. I will never own a car that advertises to me and sells my data. Hell, I'll never own a car that dings at me until I fasten a seatbelt if I can help it either.
> Hell, I'll never own a car that dings at me until I fasten a seatbelt if I can help it either.
Serious question: Why? I've never found it particularly helpful myself, but what's the big deal about a sound that reminds you to put on a critical safety device that you should already be using anyway? Do you really find yourself hearing those dings for long enough that it becomes a serious annoyance? If so, don't you think the ding isn't the actual problem there?
They could iterate on image and sound quality, and keep charging for that. A larger screen, a thinner screen, less bevel, etc. Plenty to do to have an excuse for making a new model.
Also, the promise of market economy is that, under competitive pressure, in time product's price drops to near the actual costs of making it. Some products are simply done, and there should be a point at which the profit from sales is enough to just keep making it indefinitely, and the company could be free to pursue other products in other areas while still making the old one.
What wasn't the advertised part of the bargain is the ratchet effect - a company will add user-hostile feature, briefly get a better deal, then all other competitors will follow suit and suddenly the user-friendly product is no longer being made. We need to develop a way to prevent this.
