I’ll start: printers.
I bought an HP in March 2020 when my job went remote and HP bricked it remotely after only 100 pages because I wouldn’t sign up for their subscription program. Ended up trashing a perfectly good printer.
Luckily my library’s close by and I can print there remotely.
If you are asking whether or not I draw a distinction between “the screen is blank” and your now clarifying “the home screen is blank” (“blank” meaning “devoid of advertisment,” because what home screen is ever literally blank?) then yes, I do. Words have meaning and “blank” doesn’t mean “no ads on my home screen.”
Maybe I’m the dumbass you’re trying to make me out to be but I’m pretty confident my interpretation of what you said wouldn’t be uncommon, or that there many people who don’t realize a smart TV’s connectivity is always active.