[gsmtech]

Yep all of the. They all use common Firmware that gets flashed at the factory that includes a Pirate Payload.
These sellers know exactly what the are doing, in fact it's part of their business model.

Hopefully cheap Android TV OS devices, mass manufactured and coming from the likes of Xiaomi and ZTE and others to come, get to the point being sold worldwide with decent Firmware at a reasonable price. That there is no point in even buying unsupported, buggy, Pirate crap.

Yup, this is the way forward I also hope that Xiaomi and ZTE etc manage to standardise their pricing worldwide and iron out their software bugs. The while reason why budget boxes are popular is that they provide high spec hardware at a low cost, yes the android firmware is buggy but the hardware spec alone makes them very capable Libre Elec boxes.

For too long manufacturers have been providing underspecced hardware at silly prices, if budget boxes and contain double the RAM and EMMC, and the same SOC for less than half the price there's a clear issue of overcharging.

More compettion from bigger companies at the budget end of the market is only good for the end consumer it forces better prices, hopefully better support and software quality and better value. The only people who wont like it are those companies that are currently overcharging for their hardware anyway, there products are no more capabable hardware wise than a budget box (sometime less capable due to lower spec) their software however is better supported with DRM for those that need Netflix etc. The other factor is that big companies have the budgets, resources and generally more clout in the global market place than smaller companies, hence are more likely to get direct input from Google etc, than a smaller company will.

The cheap android TV devices from xiaomi etc will level the playing field as these have the DRM capibilities as standard..