The thought of connecting my TV which has super limited security support to the internet seems like madness. It's only a matter of time until it's part of a botnet.
Is it really that hard to disable the spying? What if I don’t connect my TV to the internet? What if I use my 40” 4K display as a computer monitor — is it still spying on me if I never have it the ability to connect to WiFi?
That is pretty much the solution. Just do not ever plug in a network cable or connect it to wifi and you should be fine.