@dockers @vantablack

We use an old GoogTV (hand-me-down) that's too old to connect to its original servers properly -- I just leave it disconnected from the network and plug a Linux PC (also a hand-me-down, rescued from the clutches of Win11) into it for actually watching stuff.

...but even a modern smart TV would work for this: just don't give it internet access. ...no matter how bitterly it pleads.

(Also please remember that the Algorithmic Companion Viewing Rectangle does not have feelings and cannot speak.)