I have that same TCL. I bought it because it was the cheapest model on Amazon at the time. But I quickly got fed up with the built in Roku. It was clunky and underpowered and some of the apps barely worked. The final straw was when I learned TCL was spying on my watching habits. So I plugged an Apple TV into it and unplugged the TCL from my network. I’m much happier now.

Our Honda Odyssey with DVD system also had an aux input in the back. I used that to play my Apple purchased content, originally via an iPod and then later via various iOS devices.

It’s a trade off. I’m not thrilled by “buying” my content from Apple but I think of all the providers I can “purchase” from they are least likely to leave me high and dry.

It’s a risk not owning the physical media, but if I had to guess, I’ve probably lost or had more physical media damaged (VHS tapes, DVDs), than lost access to streaming content I “own”.