Instead of ‘splurging’ on a dumb tv bc they’re more expensive now thanks to the data sompanies sell off of smart tvs I was considering getting a smart tv and dumbing it down. Is the way to do this never connecting it to the internet? And is that the only way?
Yes, even ARM and other System-On-A-Chip hardwares can all be unsmarted. Most of them are easy, you just need to trick it into updating to the correct version and then using built in commands to give you more access: most use Linux such as the TizenOS which is standard on Samsung TVs, or the GoogleTV OS which is a modified Android 3.0 or 3.2 version. Some of the more difficult ones can still be forced to dump their OS onto memory cards because their system on a chip has a pin for injecting code natively.
There is no TV that cannot be unsmarted.
tell me more about rooting samsungs, how can i know more
so now besides rooting my router, my phone, and my tablet I have to root my TV too? internet of things I guess… can I root my car too?