If they do this in Europe, too, they are in for bad, bad times.

You should link the original video, not the article trying to farm the work Gamers Nexus did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA

You can actually edit the link so you could in theory update the post.

Anyway, yeah. I just fully expect shit like this from tv companies. They're not TVs, they're surveillance boxes with a screen. They will collect any and all data they can. I stopped updating my 2018 model in about 2020 or so when it bricked itself by auto-updating to a version that required my signature on a new set of T&Cs, and if I didn't accept the new T&C's I couldn't use the TV any more. No downgrading to the old version, just "accept this or don't use your tv any more". So that was when I cut off its internet connection and never looked back. If it ever breaks or needs to be replaced I don't know what I'll do really - look for some projector or computer monitor I suppose, since all tvs are like this now.

Shout-out Sceptre TVs. Probably the only one you can trust anymore

1984 was taken as an instruction manual

GDPR ... this sounds like it could be very expensive for LG if a consumer agency reports it

The thing is, it just isnt even a surprise anymore. In fact I'd be more surprised if these devices weren't doing this. What worries me is that the industry seems to think its acceptable and more often than not there are no consequences.

Before buying a TV we researched what you can use without giving it internet access. Turns out that is quite a few. We got a Samsung and indeed we never had to, and just use it as a dumb screen

sure, we've already got every other parallel between reality and fictional fascist dystopias that we've already had and I'm too lazy to list, why not telescreens, too. Let's build the Torment Nexus while we're at it, assuming AI isn't that already. Just go for broke, see what I care anymore. All hail Big Brother Lucky Goldstar.