> Alternatively, you can get an Apple TV and keep the TV off networks or in network jail.

The problem is that a lot of TVs won't even let you use it that way without signing in or downloading an app first. My Vizio wouldn't do anything until I acknowledged a terms of service screen. The only way I could do that was by downloading the Vizio app and connecting it to my network.

I would march it back to the store in that situation.

They are getting away with this shit because the return rates are low.

Bumping up the return rate isn't something you can count on others to do; if you don't return it, you're part of the problem.