I might agree with you if it was possible to buy a modern TV that didn’t have any smart features, but since you can’t the only way to get a TV that acts as just a TV is to never connect it to the internet. In addition, if the manufacturer actually cared about requiring me to connect it to the internet to spy on me they would have made me sign some contract to that effect before I purchased it. It’s not my fault if they don’t profit off my purchase if I don’t use it the way they want; I’m not the one who set the price.
I might agree with you if it was possible to buy a modern TV that didn’t have any smart features, but since you can’t the only way to get a TV that acts as just a TV is to never connect it to the internet. In addition, if the manufacturer actually cared about requiring me to connect it to the internet to spy on me they would have made me sign some contract to that effect before I purchased it. It’s not my fault if they don’t profit off my purchase if I don’t use it the way they want; I’m not the one who set the price.