I remember trying to buy a TV that does not have "smart" functionality a few years ago. It was a chore. Today it seems impossible.
And not just TVs: ovens; refrigerators; dishwashers — all have "smart" options. In fact, it seems that more and more the available non-smart models are only the simpler ones, less performant in ways that are not related to any smart functionality missing.
My non-smart TV was available only with lower resolutions than "smart" models of the same brand.
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@rysiek We've got a 'smart' TV, our son's old one, but fortunately, Samsung didn't include the WiFi bit internally, and required owners to pay extra for a dongle.
Son had it plugged directly into his hub, hence no dongle, whereas here our hub is too far away to do this.
Consequently, nice big screen TV, without all the #InternetOfTat shit. So, win/win (:*