From a personal point of view, I agree with that FT, as even though my all-singing-and-dancing Samsung Smart-TV is only 3 months old, I find it a real pain in the booty using it to log on to the internet. Initially I just used the on-screen keyboard via the remote control but have now bought a blue-tooth keyboard but even with that it is still so slow, so find it far quicker just to use my laptop and an HDMI lead.
The OurLeague App does seem much better than last year though and worked fine for me