My first Chromecast was the current one, and I honestly don't get what the issue with it (except VLC streaming) and the wall wart which is kinda expected given

My first Chromecast was the current one, and I honestly don't get what the issue with it (except VLC streaming) and the wall wart which is kinda expected given the SoC power. I've logged in Google acc and every app acc exactly once a year ago and since then it just works autonomously. And I have all modern streaming, my local streaming from ISP and youtube in one place on any outdated TV which are present in all rentals here. That was the point of it, right? To add smart tv functionality to the old tv.