Choice is aware and this particular issue has been subject of other threads in the community, such as this one:
The smarts of a smart TV are becoming obsolete faster and faster, making a smart TV dumb very quickly. It is disappointing for a consumer, but fortunately there are workaround like that outlined above.
As many devices now have smart screens installed (IoTs, cars etc), the risk of the smarts becoming obsolete before the device has reached its end of live is very real.
