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Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features (arstechnica.com)
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[–] garretble@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yep. Just don't connect it. Or connect it once a year to get some firmware updates if one wants (or better yet use a USB stick).

I have a good Samsung TV, but when I had it connected to the internet the UI would be painfully slow every time I needed to switch inputs (I have most things running through my receiver, but my PC was straight into the TV). Turning off all internet functions vastly improved my experience with this TV.