@dangoodin It's _using_ smart TVs that makes security hard. For example: https://consumerist.com/2017/01/06/ransomware-spreading-onto-smart-tvs-is-a-pain-to-fix
It's _responsible_ to educate people about the unanticipated and potentially severe consequences of their buying decisions. Particularly _before_ they make smart TVs a part of their habits/lives.
As a programmer, we've already let computers too far into our lives. It seems worth at least fighting a rearguard action against the parts we can still control.