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God their TVs have become so terrible over the last decade. Not only the firmware but the quality of them. I got one to use as an office monitor and it randomly glitches out showing static on the screen until you unplug it. My BIL also buys Samsung TVs and has seemingly gone through half a dozen of them in the last few years because they keep breaking. Same with all the Samsung appliances that he buys too.
For my last TV, I got an LG C3 OLED from Costco and the picture is incredible along with the price and we haven't had any software issues or annoyances with it either. I have blocked the LG domains on my router though so that it won't nag me about updating the firmware.
I wish you could just buy a fucking tv. I don't want your shitty-ass proprietary version of YouTube or Netflix. I don't even want WiFi or an Ethernet port. I'll buy a fucking Roku or Apple TV or whatever. Or just watch Blu-rays.
I tried blocking so off those ports from one of my Samsungs. Eventually YouTube couldn't work. You'd have to jump through massive hoops including unblocking their servers and hard power cycle — I can't even remember. I thought they legit bricked it because I didn't want any updates or spying or ads forced on me.
TVs are just awful. Monitors are way better, but I have yet to find 85" monitors.
You can. Look for commerical displays. They typically have no smart shit and are designed to have a display box plugged in via HDMI or be served static images and nothing else. You won't get the best tech though as they dont make commercial displays in OLED or anything.
Case and point: https://www.samsung.com/us/business/displays/commercial-tvs/
Been rocking one since I bought it new off of eBay a few months ago, and it just works. Bought the latest Samsung soundbar system to pair with it and it also just works.