Your Smart TV is Watching What You Watch | UC Davis

[rcjordan]

https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/your-smart-tv-watching-what-you-watch

[Brad]

This is really bad without dumb TV options.

Note that TV manufacturers seem to be making money off of ads, but only Google is making a profit on ads on the Internet.

[rcjordan]

Just thinking out loud. Likely full of fatal flaws...

If you've dumped cable completely, couldn't we go 100% monitor-based by adding a tv tuner box & a roku?

https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-tv-hat/
Buy a Raspberry Pi TV HAT – Raspberry Pi

[ergophobe]

Once you get above 32" it is hard to find monitors with a 16:9 aspect ratio. They exist...
https://hssl.us/orion-images-46rthsr-46-full-hd-led-lcd-monitor-16-9-black-46-class-1920-x-1080-16-7-million-colors-2500-nit-75-hz-refresh-rate-hdmi-vga-46rthsr/

But mostly you get 32:9
https://www.amazon.com/INNOCN-Ultrawide-Monitor-1080p-120Hz/dp/B09WR3SKR4