commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoNewly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart featuresarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1623arrow-down110
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minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoFWIW Vizio is a Walmart subsidiary now, they got bought out in late 2024
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoDid not know that. Definitely explains the integration now. Although the rest still applies to other brands. Doesn’t Walmart already have onn?
minus-squarefrostysauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoYou would have known that if you had read the article.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoProbably, but even getting waterboarded would be a better use of my time than reading an article about Walmart accounts now being required on TVs.
minus-squarefrostysauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoAnd yet you’re commenting on it… ;)
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoHad some time before the waterboarding appointment.
FWIW Vizio is a Walmart subsidiary now, they got bought out in late 2024
Did not know that. Definitely explains the integration now. Although the rest still applies to other brands.
Doesn’t Walmart already have onn?
You would have known that if you had read the article.
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.
And yet you’re commenting on it… ;)
Had some time before the waterboarding appointment.