For many, it would be making them more community-minded and responsible as younger kids. The combo of rarely being held accountable for mistakes or failure to meet expectations (basically, gentle parenting) and a social education from algorithmically curated content feels like it's been a major factor in developing their social/political attitudes.

To be fair, that also included variants like "when did Joe Biden drop out?" Obviously, people are idiots, but that was at least somewhat misleading.

Yep. Just give them what they gave to BK.

Never connect to wifi. Don't agree to the ToS. It can't connect to your network via hdmi.

We have a PiHole running and the TV makes constant attempts to connect to home-base.

Cinderblocks and chains are even more economical.