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Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 5 months ago (5 children)

FWIW Vizio is a Walmart subsidiary now, they got bought out in late 2024

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

    Did not know that. Definitely explains the integration now. Although the rest still applies to other brands.

    Doesn't Walmart already have onn?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    You would have known that if you had read the article.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    Probably, but even getting waterboarded would be a better use of my time than reading an article about Walmart accounts now being required on TVs.

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