[rcthompson]

It's not too much of a stretch for smart TVs to start including cellular connectivity (and advertising it as "zero-setup").

[kstenerud]

And who will pay for that cellular connectivity?

This is getting well into ad absurdum (a common problem on HN). Smart TVs are perfectly fine for the person who doesn't want a smart TV. Just don't use any of the smart TV features and don't connect it to the network. Problem solved.

[gcr]

Nobody thought Amazon would put a cell phone antenna into an eBook reader, but look what happened! :)

[rcthompson]

That's exactly the example I was thinking of as precedent.