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How about nothing gets pre-installed and we can install what we actually want?
I made the mistake of getting a "smart" TV as a computer monitor because it was the only 4k display I could get my hands on. I connected it to the internet and it immediately installed 12 different streaming apps, some of which I'd never heard of, then stuck the PC display right at the end of the list. You couldn't just turn it on to the PC channel, it goes to the main menu and you'd have to scroll all the way across to the end which was off-screen every time. Instant factory reset.
Even now when I turn it on it has to go to the main menu first, then I have to select the PC, then it has a big popup about how the TV is in gaming mode because keeping that shit on is the only way it'll run at 4k above 60Hz.
A normal tv with a dongle or just connected to a media PC seems far superior to the ironically named smart TV.
Good luck finding a normal TV in a store. You have to go commercial grade to get away from the bullshit.
Never Ever connect a “smart TV” to WiFi or Ethernet.
If your TV does not function until it is connected to the Internet, take it back and return it as “not fit for purpose”.
you can also buy large computer monitors although they are expensive as they usually have much faster refresh rates and stuff.