What would I use instead? The terrible, clunky, data-mining smart tv features? Unless things just changed a lot in the last year, smart TV features are garbage compared to something purpose built. I disable all internet anything on any "smart" tv I get, and hook up my own devices instead. People can argue about if/how/why Apple does any of it's own data mining, but with Apple, I don't feel like the product who is being sold daily as a data stream to advertising partners, because I actually pay for the devices up front, and pay for services. The google model creeps me out more and more as time goes on. Gone are the days of do-no-evil google, and I'll take my chances with a company that makes privacy their key differentiating feature.

I mean, what kind of story would have been written when new Netflix 4k streams burn through 18 gigs of wireless data for 1 movie?