Is the AP active literally all the time until you set it up? Usually in these devices it only activates once you select an option in the menu, or shortly after first start - but yeah, if it's on 24/7 until configured, then I agree that's a problem.
I do have a Samsung TV, and no matter what I do, I can't turn off the Wifi/Bluetooth radios in it - and several of my neighbours keep trying to connect to it.
The Google Chromecasts continually broadcast their AP when not fully set up.
A neighbour has a bluetooth/wifi speaker that pushed some kind of "Do you want to set up your X brand speaker now?" prompt to my phone.
There's a few other smart devices near me that are also broadcasting open APs that never seem to go away.
