Submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
Walmart in talks to buy Vizio for more than $2 bln, WSJ reports::Walmart is in talks to buy smart-television manufacturer Vizio for more than $2 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, a move that could bolster its advertising business and give it control of more than a fifth of the U.S. television market.
In case anyone was wondering if Visio’s quality can actually go down.
At what point are these fucking conglomerates to god damn big?
I bought one in 2015. It’s still going without issue or ads! They really turned to shit, though
Yep we bought one in 2020, that thing sucked .
Switched to Sony recently and couldn’t be happier. Granted there are still ads but at least the UI is fast and responsive
I think that’s a bad buy.
Certainly not the best buy they could make.
Come on antitrust
The fall of an empire.
Does anyone know if this could have implications for the SFCs lawsuit?
Wait until the software updates to be basically an Amazon device.
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 9 months ago
Get ready for even more ads on your smart tv.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Isn’t it just amazing that TV manufacturer companies have dropped any pretense of their value deriving from the quality of TVs, and simply are a means to shove advertising in people’s faces?
Soon…
We can buy this company that makes “smart” ovens so that it can play ads while it preheats! Oh, this smart microwave plays a “Totino’s” jingle. Oh, this smart fridge shames you for not buying the sponsored brand of grocery item.
DragonAce@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Kinda like the fucking TV screens they have on gas pumps for the sole fucking purpose of shoving ads down the throat of captive audiences.
sorghum@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Guess I better figure out how to redirect DNS requests to my pihole on my router