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I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this setting
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Rule #1 Do not connect tvs to wifi.
Problems solved.
This is true, but if you want 120Hz Steam Link on your TV, it's usually the only way to achieve that.
While this is the correct answer, in my case, with my LG OLED acting as a PC monitor, I have to leave networking on or else I have to manually power it on and off with the remote.
I don't see how that's much of a hassle. Also a lot of the time I'll just open up all lackscreen.com and leave that open if I am walking away only for a bit