On: Vizio TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV

[danielheath]

You think judges are dumb, or appreciate having their time wasted?

You're going to be out thousands of dollars and get nothing.

[chii → danielheath]

it would be a valid case of class action imho. Its not like these updates would've only affected one or two people.

[mcronce → chii]

Class actions do virtually nothing to make individuals whole.

[dragonwriter → chii]

Class action normally means you get even a smaller nothing than you would get in a direct action, but, if you win, your lawyers, despite the reduced per-plaintiff recovery, get many times more than they would in a direct action. (It also means that, for N plaintiffs, the defendant, if they lose pays an amount x where 1 << x << N times the amount they would pay with one plaintiff.)

[bbarnett → chii]

Class action is the reverse of what you want here. You want endless people suing them, all individually if at all possible.

[dragonwriter → bbarnett]

Actually, what you probably want is a mass direct action, not endless individual lawsuits, but, first, you want a legal rule of recovery far better than you would get even for actually taking back the TV under current law.

[ipaddr → bbarnett]

That's one strategy. A class action lawsuit can attract so many more people to raise damages. A strategy involving both could work.