Are they shipping TVs with that capability, though? I understand a medical device needing cellular in case wifi goes down, but would they go through that effort for a TV?
...just like "These TVs are recording what you're saying and analyzing what you're watching and sending that data back to HQ." was a persistent myth.
These companies have been demonstrated to give zero shits about your privacy and -at least in the US- won't be meaningfully punished for behaving in profoundly antisocial ways, so the smart move is to expect that they are or very soon will be making full use of the hardware that's installed in that TV that you paid to take home from the store.
