[andrepd]

How would you block ads on such a TV? The problem is you still cannot connect it to the internet without unknown privacy intrusion... Maybe to the LAN only? But then it's usefulness is still limited.

[nolok]

Pi hole is enough for me on a modern Samsung

[andrepd]

So, entirely orthogonal to the issue of rooting the TV?

[duskdozer]

hosts file block?

[andrepd]

Block what? Which domains? How do you know what the TV will connect to?

[dh2022]

Block everything except for what you want. For e.g. block everything but Netflix.

[prmoustache]

It can be complicated when streaming companies use same cloud vendors and thus share same ip ranges as the traffic you want to protect yourself from.