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Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by ninjin on Saturday March 29, 2025 @09:05PM (#43520232)
Sure seems like a "wonderful" company. Their Wikipedia page lists the personal data collection lawsuit and them also likely being GPL violators at that with a court date in September this year:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vizio#Legal_issues

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Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by zahlman on Saturday March 29, 2025 @10:29PM (#43520708)
All that plus they expect to run JavaScript on my computer to show any of this page content.
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Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by systemswizard on Saturday March 29, 2025 @11:20PM (#43520985)
To addon to this they are also owned by WalMart
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Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by tester756 on Sunday March 30, 2025 @09:10AM (#43523883)
That's actually normal
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Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by zahlman on Sunday March 30, 2025 @10:32AM (#43524514)
I understand that.

I disagree that it should be normal.

JavaScript features are supposed to enhance a document that primarily communicates via text. The text should be readable, and not withheld, without it.

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Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by Server6 on Saturday March 29, 2025 @11:56PM (#43521196)
They're owned by Wal-Mart....so yeah. You get what you pay for.
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