LG TVs sound like a nightmare. They spy on what you're watching, listen to what you're saying and doing, open a doorway into your home network for malware, and put you on the hook for whatever some pedo decides to download through your IP address via one of these proxy-infested apps. Plus their monitors have been silently installing highly privileged adware that is also probably spyware on people's PCs, and popping up big unwanted ads for McAfee etc. that users can't turn off.

“A residential proxy network is not an intended use for LG smart TVs, and LG Electronics is working with developers to remove the residential proxy option from their apps on the webOS platform,”

I guess their ecosystem is too fragile to suspend the developers immediately for what is pretty clearly abusive behavior.

Just an FYI to anyone looking, you can still actually buy mostly-dumb TVs.

I was looking for a TV to buy for my parents last year and it seemed like the only options available were "smart TVs," and I begrudgingly ended up buying a Philips ambilight unit. I was pleasantly surprised by how dumb the Titan OS on it was. Sure, it had WiFi, and the usual Netflix and other streaming apps, but I just didn't connect it to the WiFi, and from then on it was just a souped up version of their 15 year old TV. It did ask to be connected to WiFi, but stopped after being told no a few times.

I'm sure other manufacturers have similar "smart on paper, but dumb in reality" OSes, as it seems to mostly be a cost cutting exercise. The hardware in the TV would need to be more expensive to run an actual smart platform. So the manufacturers just make a low end thing that ticks the right boxes to be able to call it smart for marketing, thinking that's what people want.

Whose TV is it?

LG's or the resident?

It doesn't matter what brand smart TV I have, I never connect them to the internet. I manually download updates to flash drive and install them off the flash drive.

For smart features, I rely on Nvidia Shield TV Pro devices (living room & master bedroom) or Onn 4K (for other bedrooms).

I currently trust Nvidia, and yes, Walmart, more than Sony, LG, Roku, etc. For anything I don't trust on these devices, that's what I have PiHole servers for.

I do have a LG TV and I did connect it to the internet a long time ago. Im super annoyed at how they push updates in a way they try to make you press OK as you were doing something else.

Anyway, after accidentally triggering one, I turned the TV off interrupting it.

Now it just prompts me to continue it, to which I say no. It doesnt seem to be able to move beyond this now, so I've kind of locked it into where it is for now.

You love to see it.

Self identifying as the baddy makes my life easier.

Samsung, Apple, LG - who's next? Speak up, please.

42% of all 3rd party apps? Maybe don't make android TVs at all. They are not secure.

Buy a Sceptre! I got one two years ago, as well as a monitor, and they're both great and dumb. Although I don't watch TV all that often.

Idk if anything has changed in 2 years. I paid like 600 for a 65 inch and maybe 80-100 for a gaming monitor? Both were purchased with the intention to get ahead of tariffs on electronics

Glad I do not even need to block my TV in my home firewall.