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It should be illegal to sell a TV that doesn't have a full set of controls (not that dogshit little stick thing) on the front or bottom.
The back is not a valid place for inputs.
I'd rather buy a TV with easier-to-access controls, but I don't see why the state needs to mandate that. I suspect that there are also people who don't want that as well, and I don't see why they can't be catered to as well. Room enough in the market for both of us.
Historically, the TV was an isolated device with an integrated tuner. Now, a lot of the functionality has moved to other devices -- cable boxes or video game consoles or whatever -- and the TV is, in many cases, just being used as a display for other devices, more analogous to a PC's display. I rarely touch my PC's display's controls.
Also, HDMI CEC has made it more practical to use a single remote, a single set of controls. I have multiple remotes floating around, but some people aren't even going to use the controls on their TV remote.
And I don't know why the bottom is especially desirable. I mean, at least for me, the bottom would be more-obnoxious than the back, on the side, where I've often seen controls. I have a TV on a stand...I'm guessing that you have a wall-mount?
I wouldn't actually support micromanaging tech like that. It would be a nightmare.
I use both. The back is barely accessible on a stand and not even sort of accessible wall mounted. It is not an acceptable place for controls under any circumstances.
The point of controls are only when the remote is missing, but CEC sucks. I don't know if it's because the standards are shit or enforcement is shit, but the end result is tech as terrible and inconsistent as Bluetooth.