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Originally Posted by Chris
Yup, we had a firestick on our previous non-smart TV and it was OK but I never liked the way Amazon designed the interface to prefer its own content. I also never liked Amazon’s approach to software updates which rendered the thing obsolete far too quickly for my liking. It began running like an old dog and when I came to smarten up the kids’ bedroom TVs I chose Roku rather than Amazon for that reason. I very much dislike forced obsolescence as a sales strategy.
I have to say that I really, really like the app ecosystem Samsung operates. The main streaming players have all been available from day one as they have launched over the past 5 years; often they have auto-downloaded. Samsung hamstrung themselves with their inadequate onboard memory and for a while the TV couldn’t even download its own software updates due to lack of memory, but they seem to have found a workaround and that hasn’t glitched for a year or more now.
And for me the biggest attraction is not having multiple remote controls all over the place. I haven’t missed having the Freesat STB and its remote cluttering the space and I’d be reluctant to add an external streaming player that bulked my setup up again (yes I know the player is all but invisible round the back of the TV but we’re still back to having one doofah just to switch the TV on, then another one to do the smart stuff).
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You don't need multiple remotes these days.
The smart remote that came with my Samsung also works the Firestick and Virginmedia box and maybe even navigate the Playstation menus out of the box.