Going to do the same thing. Had a Roku for 9 years, upgraded to the newest model (roku ultra 2022) only to note roku cares nothing for customers outside the US. The device is so watered down with barely amy functionality other than watching YouTube and Netflix when used outside the USA. You can't even search for channels outside the USA, or at least in my region: South Africa. Roku support were arrogant and cut my support chat off. They don't support major channels (which are legally available in South Africa, notably Amazon Prime Video and Disney+) in South Africa. They remove half of the features and becomes a really expensive and silly way to watch Netflix. I already owened a chromecast, which is nice but I wanted something that supports Ethernet. Many better choices available nowadays other than Roku's stoneage approach and zero care for International customers. Customers outside the US: be warned, even though your favourite streaming service is available in your country and even though the Roku is capable of supporting it, Roku simply doesn't care about making the device more usable for many users in other regions. These apps mentioned works perfectly on Google's Chromecast without any VPN's or nonsense but not on the Roku in certain regions. It is purely ridiculous.
Furthermore, I thought there would be some revolutionary improvements in the 9 year gap between my Rokus, there were none to be found other than a few new buttons on the remote. The UI and UX is no different from 9 years ago.. one would think they would keep up with the times.
Extremely disappointed in Roku.
