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"Poorly worded" makes it sound like incompetence. This was deceptively worded.
Why would they want to make it seem like they are forcing you to watch ads? They tell you in other sections you can turn the functionality off, they aren't hiding it. I don't get why they would try to make themselves sound worse than they are.
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I used to feel bad for South Dakotans. Now I feel bad for all of us.
I feel like ads are taking over everything. I fear the world will soon resemble Minority Report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ_obaiYQ
- this scenic mode isn't an essential feature and can be turned off - TVs are cheaper here in the US than they are in China (or at least they were when I lived in China), and these revenue opportunities are likely the reason
The FAQ says you can't but apparently that's wrong (or intentionally deceptive?). Someone posted instructions below.
I seem to recall that Vizio was added to my "do not buy" list quite a long time ago, when it turned out they were monitoring your watching habit ( https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/7/14527360/vizio-smart-tv-tr... ). This seems to be more of the same I guess. Choice text from the link above: Q: Why did I see an ad in Scenic Mode? A: After Scenic Mode launches to full screen, you may see ads. We offer free, scenic conten…
To be honest, this is part of why TVs can be offered for so cheap these days. Same reason really cheap phones are stuffed with bloatware. Luckily with TVs you can freeload: just never connect it to the internet and only apply updates via USB. Stick an Apple TV / Chromecast / console into it for playback. This might even become standard operating procedure considering Samsung is getting into the ad game, and LG and So…
If they do that, they’re not going to be very upfront about it.
- this scenic mode isn't an essential feature and can be turned off - TVs are cheaper here in the US than they are in China (or at least they were when I lived in China), and these revenue opportunities are likely the reason
The FAQ says you can't but apparently that's wrong (or intentionally deceptive?). Someone posted instructions below.
Vizio kind of has a lot of dark pattern messaging. As an example, they make it seem like you HAVE to enable the microphone on the remote or install an app to change the TV volume. They don't provide a diagram of the remote, so if you don't notice the volume rocker on the side, it seems like you only have two rather invasive options.
Another example is they use wording that makes it seem like you can't use the TV if you don't agree to the terms, but if you do select the disagree button (and after confirming you really want to disagree lol), it just reverts to a dumb TV.
I’ll live with watching Plex on my phone before I buy a TV like that.
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Apple TV has to be one of my favorite purchases over the last five years. It just does what it says on the tin and gets the hell out of the way otherwise. I've bought three of them and disconnected all our tvs from wifi in favor of using these devices.
I struggle a bit with the remote control and UI in several apps
Every Tv in my home is paired with an Apple TV. I leave the display unconnected to the internet.
The day when TVs require an internet connection to show external inputs - that will be a sad day.
Or when they come with cellular modems.
They even went so far as to patch the Android System UI to send you notifications nagging you to enable their Taboola Lockscreen video ad things. So even if you uninstall the actual adware app, you still get nagged to use it.
Seems like this might perhaps just be the new-ish idea that got cooked up somewhere and now all suits are copying each other?