My mum bought a (Sony) bluray player that, at the time, was great. It had support for Lovefilm (now Amazon), Spotify, Netflix and all sorts. It was quite expens

My mum bought a (Sony) bluray player that, at the time, was great. It had support for Lovefilm (now Amazon), Spotify, Netflix and all sorts. It was quite expensive, but we thought it was worth it for the extras and it was highly rated as a standalone bluray player. She even paid for the overpriced USB wifi dongle. Now it's just a bluray player. There's no support for any of the apps because they all changed their protocols (or whatever happens). Thankfully it's still useful and it's not the TV that's defunct. It damages consumer relations a lot because now she's very cynical about buying any kind of 'smart' device. Good for her to be savvy, but bad for Sony. The people in the target market are getting screwed. Unless you buy an Android TV that has a decent chip in it, you're setting yourself up for EOL in a couple of years. I bought her a Roku stick for Christmas and she couldn't be happier.