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Roku TVs "phone home" a lot. I had one with pihole blocking it's collection, but they still updated my menus to suggest garbage for me. I wasn't willing to let the device go un-patched and still be on my networks, so there was probably still data getting back to them. A computer is easier to secure but still has all the same issues by default. The difference is that a computer isn't designed to spy on you. Netflix in a browser is still going to tell Netflix about your viewing habits, but at least it doesn't tell Roku via screen scraping as well.