As some others are noting - the article is extremely disappointing. A huge number of software developers are wary of this stuff because we know how telemetry works, how operating systems degrade over time, how internet connectivity is its own attack vector, etc. Some people _don't want_ these 'features' that for some reason the article is professing _are_ what you pay for when you buy a tv. The TV is just a display. I can connect an Apple TV or a Roku or Cable box or what have you and control the data and software the way _I_ want to.

It should be a perfectly reasonable ask that your data not be sold out beneath you for products you use - whether it's your car or your TV or your weather app on your phone. Half of the Smart TVs out there are Google TvOS stuff asking for google accounts.