A nice distro of Linux that autolooads Kodi or something similar would solve this, and be utterly lovely.

While that means the smart TV wouldn't be able to phone home with usage data, which is what this fight is really about, EU legislation could carve a path forwards. And that would be neat.

Would be nice, but cars selling their users profiles are more disturbing. Also already illegal

Catala seems interesting for that kind of thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37546874