His nonsense claim was that the TV would somehow connect to the internet through your Apple TV's wifi connection through the "ethernet" in HDMI. That's a completely separate bit of madness from the TV ...
Streaming apps that once opened instantly can start to crawl, buffer, or even crash as your TV fills up with temporary data.
They're only open if you connect them to the internet. The best thing you can do with any so-called "smart" TV is to leave it disconnected. Click to expand... I've been turning "Smart TV's" into "Dumb ...