I don't think I would want this if I had kids that were young enough for it. I don't have a smart speaker in my house and don't think it's a great idea to normalize them. If kids grow up and want them, I guess that's ok, but I find it odd to practically indoctrinate them as toddlers.
If you don't want your kids indoctrinated, You shouldn't have TV(s) in your house. The only purpose of a TV is to sell stuff. That's indoctrination. It's also propaganda. Think about it.
I've never bought an interconnected TV, so the huge difference for me is the TV is a one way tube. Alexa is a two way tube spying on the children. Creepy. Much creepier in my humble opinion than watching (or channel surfing during) an ad.
To the parent's point about interconnected TVs, though, you're more likely to expose the children to propaganda via advertisement than, say, a Netflix subscription, where at most they'd recognize relevant toy tie-ins at the store. So the internet connectivity of the TV isn't inherently problematic.
Old school TVs and programming, mostly. I see commercials once or twice a year. The Super Bowl (my doing), and the Oscars (I hate that shit, but my wife watched them this year). Other than that, I don't ever see commercials. In fact, those two events reinforced how horrible broadcast (or "free" streams with ads) is and I'd never subject my child to that.
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One-way tubes are less creepy, but they still sell stuff via commercials...
That's what pays for the programs to be made.
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I have a TV but preview everything that gets played, such as documentaries and how-to videos, how things are made, Mr Rogers, and no ads allowed.