firmware updates, then I forget the network on the device and then denylist the MAC address

lmao, what a tool

If you factory reset your Bravia and then decline all the Google features (don’t sign in, etc.) it’s about as close to a dumb TV as you can get these days.

Yes, tragically. Don’t buy a Samsung Odyssey monitor like I did. It takes 7 button presses to change the input and there’s a Disney+, Netflix, and Prime Video dedicated buttons on the remote.

I’m looking to “down”-grade ASAP.

My TV and computer monitor are deny-listed on my router, and I’m angry that I even have to do that.

100%. There was a shortage of traffic controllers before the firings even began, this only exacerbated a bad situation.

Came here to recommend this. Cheers! 🍻

Well if it isn’t the consequences of his own actions.