I get to choose box separate from screen. Means I can get a box with microphone if I trust the company, or one without if I dont.

What I don't like is paying for smart tv features that don't work or don't trust just to get a screen. Maybe the company that makes great screens make untrustable smart tv features, and maybe the open source smart tv of the future sits in a crappy screen.

More probably the smart tv features gets outdated before the screen.