It used to be that one of the strengths of our economic system was that you could find something to meet your needs even if your needs weren't the same as the majority.
It’s not impossible to not own a smart TV, it’s just the mass market caters to what the vast majority want. Outside of hacker news, no one considers smart TVs harmful.
I consider cars harmful and yet hacker news gets up in arms when I propose banning them from cities.
All sorts of ways to dispute this assertion, the most easy probably just to point to the existence of the multi-trillion dollar advertising industry
Are you thinking of an example where that once was true but has changed? I'm open to examples but can't myself think of any that are analogous.