I wouldn't consider this “extreme writing style”, author define what this so-called “ad-economy” then they get into, every one tries to show that they aren't part of it, but they are.

Then there is the main point of the article, which is Vizio doesn't care about being clean and undercutting competition.

A good chuck of Vizio's customer knows what they are buying, unlike companies like Samsung; charging premium price, “caring” about their customers but still involving in the same practices as Vizio.

And the author gets the point across, so this is a decent article.