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The ad they show is an ad for their own extended warranty package and it says that "Odometer must be less than 36000 miles to purchase" Anyone wanna take bets for whether or not that will actually shut up once you go over 36k miles? (I'm betting no)
We're really deep into nightmare territory with the kind of stuff companies feel its ok to do to customers..
We need legislation against the unending encroachment upon our daily lives by advertisers.
Best of fucking luck, hon. You're on the Fury Road now. What you need is a U-turn.
And actual privacy protection.
Yeah, like that's gonna do anything...