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Do all smart displays have full-scale graphical OS behind them? Can't you LFS yourself a super lean "what is my purpose? You play a video file" kind of an OS without installing a desktop environment?
I'm always baffled by digital signs that shows "Let's get you started with windows 11" instead of the intended output. I thought that with Linux you could just not have the same problems by hacking away every redundant code/programs.
as someone who just worked at a company who does digital signage, ultimately boils down to laziness. no one cares to make something good (although I just made a pretty good one, but burnt myself out making it) you're entirely right though. full desktop makes things way harder to maintain
almost always cheaper to buy generic screens and have something output whatever you want to them than buying specialized screen hardware with specific software and requirements to load shit into a system.