Citation needed. There's no evidence that any TV sends this data at boot (and frankly there's no need to, it can send this data later on).
It's also not a lot of data, of course. "Viewing data" is under a megabyte.
No citation possible, because the data is encrypted. What is measurable is the delayed startup. Of course they can send the data later, but that's not what is measured.
Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs
by zinekeller on Sunday February 28, 2021 @09:48AM
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Not saying that they don't send data at startup (but it is more likely that it will be delayed by around a minute or two), but not acknowledging that dumb (OLED/LCD) televisions' faster boot times is simply due to having literally fewer functions is missing the bush. Even well-optimized embedded Linux still takes around 5 seconds to boot to init whereas dumb TVs are already (usually) finished in 3 seconds.
> No citation possible
Then why are you saying something as if it is fact? You don't know what is happening there, you've assumed. You're guessing.
Maybe is not fact. Maybe is a guess
Maybe they are even sending home recorded audio of what you did in your bedroom, that long it lasts.