Also a weird set of features to remove from pre-TCL products. This one has me perplexed:

> Set Top Box (STB) TV Menu: - The Set Top Box menu will be removed. - A Control menu will appear instead.

Ah, they’re all one package of functionality: Enrich broadcast TV control and schedule functionality through maintenance of third-party integrations, such as set top boxes or cover art. Because Sony isn’t the authoritative source for an icon for Burn Unit or Hospital Grace or whatever (I made those up, hopefully they’re not real!). Certainly every single integration costs time and/or money. (IF you could charge money for a service, would you give it for free to Sony?)

I wonder if they’re predicting a collapse in data harvesting revenue, or just found that inflation-adjusted wage decreases have shrunk the top end out of their TV market and so they’re cutting corners.