> Nothing good can come from giving your TV Internet access.
> Get a <...> Android box.
Why are you ok for Google to spy on you but not LG?
There's absolutely 0 guarantee that a no name android box isn't doing the same, if not worse than what LG and Samsung are doing.
Another device adds another failure point, possibly another remote (lets be honest, HDMI-CEC is not reliable. It's been almost 20 years and device support is still spotty and bug ridden on both sides), extra complexity, extra space. You might want that choice and freedom, and that's absolutely fine, but I'd rather not thanks.
> Get a <...> Android box.
Why are you ok for Google to spy on you but not LG?
There's absolutely 0 guarantee that a no name android box isn't doing the same, if not worse than what LG and Samsung are doing.
Another device adds another failure point, possibly another remote (lets be honest, HDMI-CEC is not reliable. It's been almost 20 years and device support is still spotty and bug ridden on both sides), extra complexity, extra space. You might want that choice and freedom, and that's absolutely fine, but I'd rather not thanks.