As far as I know, input-remapper will handle any mouse, regardless of how many buttons it has, since they just show up as human interface devices.

I use, and really like, the razer naga v2 hyperspeed mmo mouse, but it’s about $100 USD. I’ve never tried them, but the Redragon mice are inexpensive and generally get good reviews.

All of them should work just fine with Linux, though any rgb bullshit might not be adjustable with anything that isn’t razer.

Can we piss everybody off by calling it The Gulf of the Americas?

I love how literally nobody is answering your actual question.

I agree that this is problematic and we need TV reviews to include at least some of the information you cite.

If it helps, I have an LG smart TV. It complains if you don’t let it access the internet at setup, but if you connect it once and let it do its initial patching, you can decline all agreements and not get nagged until it tries to update again. To keep it from further updates, you can disconnect it from wifi and it doesn’t seem to try to reconnect. I can’t speak to public wifi because there aren’t any open access points near my TV.

In contrast, I have a samsung TV that loses its mind if it can’t connect to the internet and becomes basically useless for all the nagging.

This is why I give things away to friends and friends of friends. If they ask to borrow something that I’m happy to get rid of, I tell them they can borrow it on the condition that they never bring it back or even mention it to me again.