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@arstechnica suggesting alternatives would've been helpful. But thanks for confirming my worst suspicions about smart tvs.

@johnefrancis @arstechnica The key thing about #Enshittification is that it happens, in part, because of the lack of discipline imposed by competition. So end consumers like us are often trapped with no alternative.

@ildiavolorosso @arstechnica I'm running a 10+ year old Smart TV, but it has no connectivity, so it's not so bad. I have various streaming devices external to the TV. I will focus a lot more effort on finding a 4k display that will function without an internet connection and can't interrupt, overlay ads or send data home. It's worth a price difference of maybe $750 to me.

@johnefrancis @arstechnica Mine are both a bit older too. One is connected but the other is not, because it becomes almost non-functional when it is disconnected. I'm replacing my home routing setup with something a bit more sophisticated, and I'm going to see how well the router's ad-blocking DNS works on the TV.

It's such a shame that the Digital Milenium Copyright Act makes it nearly impossible for anyone to create an open-source TV OS to replace the bloatware TV manufacturers ship.

@johnefrancis @tinydoctor @arstechnica This makes me want to go listen to Gil Scott Herron again :) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vwSRqaZGsPw