Our bargain basement projector (for a project; it was under $100) has more smart app bs on it than the TV. I get the impression everyone eventually settles on

Our bargain basement projector (for a project; it was under $100) has more smart app bs on it than the TV. I get the impression everyone eventually settles on a roku ($35, but full of spam) AppleTV (a bit over $100; better in all ways), or maybe goes with the google thing. All of those cost < 10% the price of upgrading a TV, and all of our TVs have outlasted the (incredibly shitty) software they were bundled with.