There's a few smart TVs that will complain if they haven't been connected recently, so I don't think it's that far-fetched. That's before considering that the

There's a few smart TVs that will complain if they haven't been connected recently, so I don't think it's that far-fetched. That's before considering that the newest version of the BluRay spec mandates network connetivity to authenticate the disk you're playing. Which is a more special case of stupid.