Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial
by Scharon Harding from Ars Technica - All content on (#75RGY)
For years, owners of Vizio smart TVs have had little control over the software running on their sets-software that can track viewing habits, push ads, and generally shape the experience of using the device.
The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a US nonprofit that promotes and provides legal support for free and open source software projects, isn't happy about that-so much so that it has spent eight years trying to force the release of the complete source code for Vizio's Linux-based smart TV operating system.
Now, after numerous delays since the SFC filed suit in 2021, a California jury will decide in August whether Vizio must provide that code in executable form to SFC and any Vizio TV owner who wants it.