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It's astonishing to me that anyone who bought an Android or Google-centric TV product of any kind would expect anything other than that. They exist to track you and sell you ads. Period, paragraph.

This is their business model. Accept it, or buy Apple TV plus a dumb TV (or a stupid "smart" TV with all network features permanently disabled).

Those are the only options.

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Sharing what I learned trying to find a dumb TV:

It appears that the two main options for 4K, non-networked TVs are 'business-grade' panels (e.g. [0]) and Sceptre[1], which are always out of stock.

I haven't bought either yet (my dumb 1080p panel was working just fine until this week,) but I am planning on upgrading soon.

[0]: https://www.sharpnecdisplays.us/products/displays

[1]: https://www.sceptre.com/

There have been prior threads on HN about dumb tvs with several options. The LG "Commercial Lite" (for Business) series has some non-smart options, at least in Canada. It was just a few years ago I got my 55" 4k LG dumb tv for $1000 CAD and it's great. Though the market may have changed somewhat. Good luck

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