Want to stream Netflix? Disney+? Hulu?
You need to hook something up to a network, and another device would have similar risks.
Setting up a sandboxed VPC or auditing traffic is beyond the means of the average TV owner.
Apple TV is the usual recommendation.
> and another device would have similar risks
Do you think an Apple TV and a Walmart special TV have same risks? I don't. I give the Apple device my network credentials and the TV never sees them.
>You need to hook something up to a network, and another device would have similar risks.
Another device might not give the free reign for all shitty malware like they do. Apple TV for one wouldn't.