Like the other guy said, used/refurbished pixels are pretty good deals. The overheating is a bit overblown, yes some people get a bad device but you can just return it if it's really bad. My experience with the pixel 7/ 7 pro is that it's very smooth and don't notice any overheating even in hot climate, and Android 14 and also the upcoming 15 updates helps with heat and battery significantly.

MeGusta had bad quality episodes a few times, I like elite much better.

Try the smarttube app for YouTube. It's way more optimized for TV.

Recently switched to cloudstream from stremio and it seems the selection is much better. The only problem is sometimes it keeps buffering.

Idk why this never happens to me. I'm been using unlock origin on ms edge.

Yeah this works perfect for me too. Using full installation it even download the latest working Spotify and removes the ms store version automatically. But I can also confirm mrpond blockthespot is also safe, just different developers and less features.

Just to confirm, you're using the full installation from here right? It works perfectly for me since a long time.

Not just Tidal, even qobuz, deezer (I find most on this one), Amazon music have a flac option or you can use apple music and download alac. All way better quality than YouTube or Spotify.

If you like cli try streamrip on github. Then you can download from deezer, qobuz, or tidal. Like you said, there lots of free arl for those online.

A much simpler solution is using doubledouble for those not as tech savvy.