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May be we start detaching the Smart into a separate box, or basically buying a large Monitor?

Is there such thing as 55" Monitor? The whole TV industry needs some new thinking and innovation. Right now it is race to the bottom and everyone is trying to get some extra revenues from Data gathering. There are also a huge oversupply from LCD panel maker.

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That's why I have an Apple TV attached to a Television I have not connected to an internet ever.

>Apple TV

You don't connect your TV but use Apple devices instead. Uhm... okay. You should see the IDS log I'm looking at here. Apple !== no telemetry. All you are doing is putting all your eggs in one basket.

An alternative view is that the parent commenter is being deliberate about which device(s) have access, and decided on Apple over whomever made the TV.

I heard that you can buy a dumb 55" monitor if you call it digital signage. Though these things are expensive because they're made for businesses.

Another option is to simply never give your smart TV any kind of network connection.

Sadly, some will look for other open wireless netorks and connect. In the future, I'm sure all will have a 5g connection.

At this point you could as well open it up and disconnect the antennas.

Well naturally they'll just not work if they don't have a connection or detect a hardware fault.

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