[ProjectArcturis]

Smart TVs have gotten absolutely terrible. My 2016 TCL Roku used to be pretty decent - quickly responsive, all the apps worked reasonably well, not filled with garbage. I didn't love the ads but they weren't particularly intrusive. By now, though, it's a lot less responsive, and I often have to tell it to check the WiFi connection even when nothing has changed, or else it thinks it isn't connected to the internet.

The Samsung/Google TV I bought last year is absolute garbage. Always pushing ad-supported channels so Google can make a commission. Sluggish response out of the box that has only gotten worse. Roughly daily it will freeze up and need to be unplugged. I've had to just connect it to my computer and basically use it as a monitor to get any use out of it. Certainly soured me on any more Google products.

[drewg123]

Get an AppleTV. Its responsive, and doesn't shove ads in your face. The downside is a lack of sideloading. I keep a firestick around for what I need to sideload, and cringe my way through the onslaught of ads to get into whatever app I need.

[mamcx]

The problem now is what to use as a display...

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I have very old sets of TVs that work but have terrible image quality (720p), and more importantly, are now too small for our vision. Because I wait too much, I can't get any decent display in a size/quality combination

[yummypaint]

Another option is a linux pc with firefox and ublock origin with a big tv-sized computer monitor.

[slig]

Got a LG C2 last year, set up the country to some one-weird-trick that I found out on Reddit and it gives me exactly zero BS. 10/10 so far.

[theGeatZhopa]

You care for telling more on this by chance?

[slig]

Sure, here it is the trick I followed: https://old.reddit.com/r/LGOLED/comments/vhbqru/remove_trend...