vidyeshNewly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features
Isn't that actually great? Just never create and sign into a Walmart account and now your TV isn't infected.
This presumes that, now or later, there won't be an on-screen message that can't be dismissed saying "Sign in to a Walmart account to enable all TV features."
There's plenty of ways they can interfere with attempts to use the TV in "dumb" mode. Heck it could refuse to show any video at all til you've signed in.
They can't do that later if you never sign in. If they do that now, you just refuse their terms, get a refund.