[FireBeyond]

You should not have to - but if you're talking about Samsung's shitty home hub streaming service, that can be turned off (I think you disable "Autorun Home Hub" or Smart Hub or...).

I was sick of getting Fear TV or some garbage poorly streamed to me when all I care about is Apple TV, Roku, or Art mode on my Frame TV.

[BozeWolf]

I blocked all samsung ads in my router for my tv. Still got that samsungtv ehich always started playing. Also got rid of that by putting it behind a childs lock iirc. Now, if for some reason my apple tv does not properly switch on, i do not get that samsungtv channel anymore, but a black screen instead.

It is terrible ux. After the samsung galaxy s i swore off samsung, but somehow got tricked by the looks of a frame.

Never again. And the tv can be thrown out of the window, but my better half still likes tv.