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[โ€“] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I carefully declined everything, and disabled automatic updates. Then I updated manually, and the update auto-enabled everything I declined.

So I factory reset the TV and didn't connect it to the Internet again.

These criminals should be in prison.

[โ€“] eleitl@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

This is why I don't buy proprietary smartdevices.