It seems to be related to some advertising push from a partner named Alfonso that is gathering information cross-platform anything that appears on your screen and pushing advertising to you during playback.
Hopefully not, but that’s what it looks like from early reading.
I have an old laptop running LibreELEC (literally) strapped to the back of my TV. With a PC connected remote it works great.
That’s the way we do it, Dave! Making fire with sticks!