At which point I hope there will be websites describing how to take the TV apart and disable the 5G modem.
Or somebody will invent a small short-range backhaul-less 5G spoof microcell you can put next to the TV that will confuse the TV's modem into connecting to nothing.
Or just wrap the TV in a Faraday cage. But keeping the screen visible might make that tricky.
We will just wait for the next Zuckerberg interview to see how he dealt with his smart TV at home. Better to learn from people who really care about their own privacy.
1% of us will take the troubles to protect themselves. We'll even marginally succeed, as long as we don't go out in public or visit a friend's house. Too expensive to circumvent protections if the other 99% have no [time to develop an] understanding of what they are exposed to.
We'll install 5G connected, AI powered cameras and far-field microphones in your TV, to measure the emotional impact of our ads. To offer you a better service [TM].
I can imagine myself 10 years from now standing over a $500 chip with a power drill, nervously following a tutorial telling me what exact spot I have to drive the drill head through to disable the antenna without destroying any of the surrounding circuitry...
Or somebody will invent a small short-range backhaul-less 5G spoof microcell you can put next to the TV that will confuse the TV's modem into connecting to nothing.
Or just wrap the TV in a Faraday cage. But keeping the screen visible might make that tricky.