People on Lemmy seem to be Pewdiepie bootlickers. Idk why but it’s really weird. Apparently you can do whatever but as long as you promote Linux, Lemmy will love you. Ridiculous.

A better solution is to use a pihole to block all domains that the TV pings, and only let through ones that allow you to use streaming apps (i.e. netflix API domain.)

Another good solution is to block WAN access for specific devices and only allow them to communicate over LAN. This would be done on your Router. This method would allow local streaming using Jellyfin but wouldn’t allow streaming apps like Netflix since that requires communication with the outside Internet.

I relate to this. unfortunately there is nothing you can do. Most people simply just do not fucking care. The vast majority actually. Just get used to feeling like a weirdo or just stop mentioning it. The latter is probably better. I don’t even bother anymore. I know exactly what not to say since I know what will just get me weird looks or have people tell me to take off my tin foil hat. It sucks but it is what it is.