Technology

At this point, I'm not even sickened any more. Anyone who buys these consumer goods and willingly uses them as intended DESERVES this shit. Fuck them. Before someone says "It's all I could afford" or "What's the alternative? We can't seem to find "dumb" TVs anymore!"

Dead. Simple.
Buy that trash Roku TV. Take it home and set it up. NEVER, EVER allow it to connect to the internet. Set it to ALWAYS go to the "PC" hdmi input and put a tiny, cheap Linux PC on the end of it. If you need a remote, there are dirt cheap gyro mice "remotes" on Ebay.

to its smart TV

I don't feel pity for anyone who bought one of these. You knew what you were purchasing.

Mine doesn't look anything like that. You can turn off those recommendations and set the icons to large.

The ad will be over on the right, but I never even notice it.

And you can still block it if you want with a dns rule.

EDIT: I didn't realize they were talking about their TV's. That's different. Avoid them anyways! Roku is in a class action lawsuit right now last I checked about their TV's.