You won't necessarily have the choice about not connecting to the internet. Also, providers have implicitly forced you to agree to ToS to use the device by not

You won't necessarily have the choice about not connecting to the internet. Also, providers have implicitly forced you to agree to ToS to use the device by not returning it and bundling a take it or leave it agreement with the TV. If you want to watch TV, this is your only option. That's not even getting into the mesh networks, or the obvious expansion of those networks to their trucks.