I actually like TVs as a hardware concept, and am a happy paying customer of several VOD platforms, so I would seem to be the perfect customer for all these sticks and mini boxes and smart TV thingamajigs. But the UX is just so horrible. Everything about them screams, “We hate our customers”.

These things just spam analytics and ad requests 24/7 too. The only one that's tolerable (and quite good) is Apple TV.