[danbr]

I run a pihole on my network for exactly this reason. The amount of network traffic the TV attempts, even when on standby or watching over-the-air broadcast is astonishing.

[Melatonic]

Unless it pins the IP of a DNS server and does DoH

[matbilodeau]

I approve, PiHole does a great job at removing ads and other unwanted content.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30655479

[titzer]

It's a veritable dystopia with these little snitches.

[timbit42]

The vast majority of those are probably re-tries.