Vizio TV

“I bought a Vizio TV which has this evil, undocumented "feature".”

“A few years later they did a silent update that added apps and generally made the UI much slower.”

“It often prompts for an update to the remote but the prompt goes away on its own if you don't do anything.”

“My Vizio wouldn't do anything until I acknowledged a terms of service screen.”

“Vizio looked like the least bad option, largely because a lawsuit had pushed them to narrow what they collect.”

“The TV would not work unless I was signed in (or at the very least the option was so well hidden I didn't see one).”

“the TV would sometimes lock up and make a very loud, annoying screeching sound”

“Vizio made TVs that automatically tracked what consumers were watching and transmitted that data back to its servers.”

“Vizio TVs were caught taking screen grabs and phoning those home years ago.”

“required you to install the app and enable location to be able to setup a new TV out of the box”

“I've had that problem with Roku, Google, and Vizio updates too, over the years.”

“vizio makes more money from "processing" your data than from the tv itself”

“Vizio was caught taking screen grabs and sending them to a server a few years ago.”

“How can you compete/compare against vizio if it makes more on your data than on the television?”

“I've gotten close to cutting its wifi antenna circuit to prevent this”

“Vizio and every other major brand has been, for years, harvesting data from your smart TV.”

“They usually have terrible response times and focus on nits at all costs.”

“you'll never see their pop up crap again”

“show a splash screen that might last anywhere from an infuriating time to nigh infinity”

“Well that sucks, but maybe tolerable for a cheap TV if you only have to do it once.”

“It will not let you do anything until you download the app on your phone, make an account, and log in on the TV.”

“having to sign up for a walmart account and dealing with ads being shoved in my face”

“Walmart accounts will be mandatory on "select new Vizio OS TVs" for owners to complete onboarding and to use smart TV features.”

“the enduser would be held hostage unless he/she gives up personal information to Walmart”

“it turns into a dumb TV that turns on when ARC tells it to, and off when told to.”

“Buying a similar Vizio would be delivered by free by Walmart for $200”

“It won't be "just a screen" for much longer if people continue paying for TVs that do this bullshit.”

“The battle against personal-data-collection by default on TVs is probably lost at this point.”

“There's plenty of ways they can interfere with attempts to use the TV in "dumb" mode”

“Just never create and sign into a Walmart account and now your TV isn't infected.”

“They have been on a decline for years and this is a nail in the coffin.”

“Hopefully the Vizio lawsuit that is going to trial soon will help make that more possible.”

“If the lawsuit goes forward, it'll be really easy to force the same on Vizio.”

“It's amazing to see what they have gotten away with in the last few years.”

“Vizio rebuffed them, so one of the issues before the court is a literal contract violation.”

“he got a confirmation dialog box with an ad embedded in it asking him "are you SURE you want to change inputs?"”

“wouldn't go past the "connect to internet" screen on first boot”

“there was conveniently no way to disconnect/forget it without a factory reset back to motion smoothing hell”

“a Vizio that was beautifully value engineered”

“I believe I read Vizio is losing money selling TVs, but more than makes up for it with all the ads”