Not as bad but still upsetting is the Google TV experience. I got a "top of the line Sony 65 A90J" a few months ago. It has Google TV. Turn it on and the screen

Not as bad but still upsetting is the Google TV experience. I got a "top of the line Sony 65 A90J" a few months ago. It has Google TV. Turn it on and the screen is covered with ads for movies and TB shows. There's no way to turn them off except to pick "Basic Mode". If you pick "Basic Mode" then you are not allowed to use the Play Store and further, the "home" screen is just a large ad for "Google TV, ... sign in with Google to get apps etc...." You can still slide load but they clearly want to be able to spy on you and shovel ads in your face. This for a $3k TV I paid for. It's as bad as Windows 11. Further, Sony also wants to spy on you via some service who's name I forgot. AFAIK you can opt out (well, they ask you to agree with a bunch of stuff when you first turn on the TV and I didn't) It's infuriating but I don't know where you can get any TV with high end features that doesn't have all the smart TV crap. You can get industrial displays but they aren't top end panels.