You might like to learn about Smart Tube. It's a front end for YT on Android TV, but it cuts the ads and sponsors. You have to download the APK though and load it that way (I refuse to say side load. side loading implies perhaps you're not supposed to do it. I paid $1K for this tv. I'm going to do what i fuckin want to, not what google tells me I'm allowed to do), because you sure as shit know that google wouldn't allow that app on the play store. I've been using it for a year or two, and i have yet to see an ad.

Sony pissed me off a few years back. Day one: wanna share data with us? No. Year later: data? No. Year 3. Your tv will no longer accept internet connections unless you agree to share your data. Ok, fuck. Year 4. 30% apps no longer work due to system requirements. You - bastards. I just used a firestick in it until it died on year 6. Which also sucks since it was $3000 in 2017.

Get 'em while that last:

“In a major industry shift announced in early 2026, Sony is entering a strategic partnership where TCL will take a 51% stake in its home entertainment division, including Bravia TVs, with a new joint venture expected to be fully operational by April 2027”

It’s the end of an era for the Sony Bravia.