A streaming box can be factory reset or thrown in the trash. If your 65 inch TV doesn't let you roll back an update you have to buy a new TV. Streaming boxes are usually faster and more feature filled than the in built TV stuff as well.
Samsung: https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00062224/
Vizio: https://support.vizio.com/s/article/Firmware-Information-215...
TCL: https://support.tcl.com/rokutv-common-questions/01-how-to-ma...
I prefer to use an external box as opposed to the built-in apps, to have a more responsive interface, to keep the TV as clean as possible, and to have control over choosing to update the TV or not.
What brand is the one you’re talking about?
A proper built-in box will let you bypass it.
Consequently, any additional revenue from selling customer data is incredibly attractive.
Especially if you can do so better/faster than your competitors, thereby competing at the same retail price points with better net margins.
As a result... they have every incentive to fuck their customers over from a privacy perspective.
And what they're doing is invisible.
And this is an entity people are comfortable trusting with unfettered access to their devices/network?
By 'bypass', I mean something that does not require the cooperation of the box.
I should have said the proper way of adding it will let you bypass the box, not phrase things as if the box is the gatekeeper.