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commander 3d ago

Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features

https://lemmy.world/post/44703583

Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features - Lemmy.World

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SeventySeven 3d ago

Sounds like the trash taking itself out, no? If I don’t want smart features in the first place, then I see this as an absolute win. Nobody should be connecting their TV the Internet in the first place. Always make sure to use things like android TV boxes, fire sticks ect… over using the built in “smart” features as those TVs will be phoning home all day and serving you ads the minute you connect it to the Internet lol

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teft 3d ago

Just build a media pc. Those media sticks have trackers and telemetry too.

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nathan 3d ago

I just wish there was a way to control the PC as easy as a tv remote. I would totally do this except my wife and kids just want to hit a button on the remote instead of fiddling with keyboard or a track pad or controller of some kind

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MaXsteri

My HTPC is running Bazzite and boots into Steam big picture mode. I watch media using Kodi and control everything using a Sofabatton remote.

This setup is almost as seemless as when I was using an Nvidia Shield and a Logitech Harmony remote.

The keyboard and controller are not needed, except for gaming.

The only negative I’ve found, is that I’ve not yet worked out a way to power on the PC from the remote.