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by Saad_M 3427 days ago
The reputational damage is in some ways will be bigger than the fine itself.
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Sad truth is most users don't care and won't ever even hear about this. There might be an impact but it won't really hurt Vizio.

...I hope this is just pessimism. Trust me, I do.

To me, this truth is why the market really isn't a good enough mechanism for protecting consumers - it is downright fatiguing trying to keep track of all of the bad actors/actions and there's no way to be specific in your feedback - market share and revenues are a really imprecise signal.