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It's weird to me that anyone would use a PC hooked up to a TV from a couch in 2024, but I'm sure it (otherwise) works for you.
Why is weird?
Instead of using a streaming or other settop device? That'd be far, far more normal for the use cade.
I have one of those Google streaming devices but I hate giving up my privacy. Also, I saw fast food ads on the device's home screen one day and I couldn't disable those. That was the last straw.
So now I use a raspberry pi 5 running arch with Firefox to stream everything to my TV. I even got a remote working with it that works fairly well, moves the mouse and everything. It was a lot of work but now I own my experience and don't have to give Google my data in that particular way anymore.