> choice might bring some sunlight to disinfect these situations [..] Rather than separate sticks I feel like a real/done well smart tv would have modularity.

> choice might bring some sunlight to disinfect these situations [..] Rather than separate sticks I feel like a real/done well smart tv would have modularity. At that point, why not make the hardware itself modular? The monitor acts as a dumb picture display, controlled by an arbitrary device - a PC, a Roku, ChromeOS, whatever the buyer chooses. And we're back at square one. The reason manufacturers are moving away from this is because the lack of choice and modularity is the whole point. It lets them push misfeatures onto the user, with no recourse.