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Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet?
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You could also do that "softly" with PiHole, if you intend to use some of the apps, but if you don't, it's only beneficial to disconnect it entirely from the internet.
My Samsung Frame tv tries to ping home twice every second.
Pihole says no.
I'm also ~~surprised~~ annoyed how often the FireTV stick and the Samsung TV are calling home, or at least how often they try.
Samnsung takes a screenshot every 500ms. LG is every 10ms. For crying out loud they can "stream" everything you watch.
I set up a PiHole for my Hisense TV.
Thought maybe I didn’t do it right or their ad-delivery was too sneaky, cuz the home screen still defaults to full-screen promos for shows I’ve never watched. Oh well, leave it how it is.
Disabled the PiHole for a couple days to test something else.
Holy shit, banner ads everywhere on the TV.
This is what I do. It stops it from auto updating and from phoning home, but still lets the individual apps function. Some of the apps don't work, because they can't update either, but if we get desperate, we just punch the TV through the pihole just long enough to update the individual app. It's a reasonable middle ground.
I tried this for a while to appease the wife, and I just couldn't. The amount of shit my pi hole blocked from just one TV was ridiculous. The thing is not connected to the internet anymore, and I use a different pi as a streaming PC