Only janky solution I know of is to use a Raspberry Pi (or other computer) to run Kodi or Android TV. You can then point your TV's DNS to a PiHole or other DNS filter to stop tracking/ads.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't call this a janky solution at all. The jank is the "smart" TV itself. I use an Nvidia shield to get the most out of my 4k OLED TV, but otherwise do pretty much the same thing. I put my TV on a VLAN that doesn't have Internet access, too.

[–] UID_Zero 5 points 2 years ago

Or just don't connect the TV to the Internet at all.

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

This is how I've used Smart TVs since 2014, I assure you this is completely normal and not jank 🤣