My next tv (don’t have one) is just gonna be attached to a laptop by hdmi. That’s it.

You can often buy the "digital signage" of TVs. Same pannel, but it's just a screen. I think it's targetting businesses but you can buy them too!

No factory reset?

I think they want to replace conventional ui with a universal machine equivalent of a talking head. It could save billions on ui development. If only we would shut up and just swallow it.

I have my TV on WiFi network that has no Internet access so at least I can control it via homeassistant still. It doesn't need Internet for anything but the UI so just get a shield and strip that down