So far the TV works fine blocking everything Samsung and allowing Netflix and Amazon. Keep in mind that I do not have cable TV, and use the TV mostly for Kodi, Netflix, Amazon video, and gaming. So, I have actually never seen ads on the TV. I assume its tracking and checking for updates and obviously is programmed to retry thousands of times every time the TV is turned on. As I said, it has not effected my experience with the TV, but it does pretty much destroy my Pi Hole graphs -- making all the other events nearly meaningless.