There are a plethora of reasons to reject smart tvs outside of the privacy infringing angle. Roku devices can be found for well under $100. You can choose not t

There are a plethora of reasons to reject smart tvs outside of the privacy infringing angle. Roku devices can be found for well under $100. You can choose not to use your Roku, disconnect it, or buy a different device for small financial hit in comparison to buying a new TV. Back when we had TV-VCR combos, a significant segment of the population was educated enough to opt for the TV sets with fewer features, because we knew that when the VCR stops working, the TV stops working. When you want to upgrade the VCR, well then now you either get a new TV or have a redundant VCR you can't physically get rid of. Similarities apply with the Smart TV situation but the reasonable "non-smart" options are quickly being drowned out by the "smart" devices. For what it's worth, my setup is a dumb Samsung TV and an attached Apple TV. One HDMI slot is left open for the occasional thing I want to plug in that can't be streamed or mirrored (e.g. a playstation). I haven't used that other slot in over a year and it's nice not being forced to do so. I'll keep using this TV for years with the comfort of knowing that, a few years from now, I won't have to wade through menus of streaming services I don't use in order to watch something on an 5-8 year old under-resourced, internet-connected OS with a half-assed UX that stopped receiving software and firmware updates after its first or second year.