Privacy on Streaming Boxes and "Smart TVs"

[sbeve]

I am pretty sure by installing a custom OS you loose Dolby Vision and Atmos, AI-upscaling and maybe HDR and Chromecast?

@Nostradamus

From my re-search the most recommended middle ground is AppleTV but that has a few cons:

• Price is high

The other alternative is NVIDIA shield which is also expensive than Apple TV.
source: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/categories/streaming-players/

@Nostradamus

Limited support from VPNs (You may have to add the VPN to the router in many cases)

True. Apple don’t allow VPN apps to be installed directly. and using a VPN would break the TOS for every streaming app out there

@Nostradamus

Lack of alternative frontends for some apps like on Android (example SmartTubeNext)

There is yatteee pointed out by @ gapaderus here.