commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoNewly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart featuresarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1601arrow-down110
arrow-up1591arrow-down1external-linkNewly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart featuresarstechnica.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square150fedilink
minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoFWIW Vizio is a Walmart subsidiary now, they got bought out in late 2024
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoYou would have known that if you had read the article.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoAnd yet you’re commenting on it… ;)
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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.