I honestly think the issue is that these people want a SmartTV but are annoyed about its downsides. When I bought my current TV I disabled the smartOS but ended up enabling it back because I did find value on its features.
I think the complaints are not well articulated. They do want the smart TV they just want good ones that dont spy on them or show ads.
As much as I like Marvel movies, I hate every single movie seems like taken out of the marvel mold. sometimes I see old movies and wished they still made some like them.