I'm already not buying Samsung devices, I'll run out of choices soon.

This is how I end up when I try voting with my wallet.

why not just use a big ol' monitor with a smart TV box and plain Android TV? or, even better, build a HTPC with Plasma Bigscreen or Bazzite?

Because that would be a crap solution.

less crap than tons of buttons with region-blocked content, imho