Comment by stephenr

A few years ago it came out that one of the manufacturers (my hunch is Samsung but I don't remember the specifics) had their "smart" tvs aggressively try connecting to any and all networks it can find in range, if you didn't connect it to one.

I reluctantly bought an LG with webOS (least bad option available) a couple of years ago. For some reason they weren't content to let the TV menu/remote work with up/down/left/right buttons.

That's too fucking predictable, and anyone who's used a tv in the last 2 decades could use it....

Let's give it a fucking nipple, just like those horrific fucking IBM/Lenovo laptops.

Then of course it also tries to "help" by detecting HDR content and change view mode... while something is playing.... which makes the screen go black for several seconds.