Yeah I can agree with that however the SAC version is based on the full edition. The LTSC version does not have the Xbox app and again the IoT LTSC version is locked into a build and gets 10 years of support which is intended for OEM appliance manufactures and works great for them. It would be cool if they did create a combo of the two where you did have the benefits of SAC but with the commercial apps like Xbox and weather removed. But not enough demand or a market space for that type of product.
By default the LTSC edition doesn't have the xbox apps natively installed, however you can install them. There is a "MultiLang App Update" release, which you can download from your microsoft account. This ISO has most of the apps that were released with the 1809 non-LTSC edition. My users like Sticky Notes, Photos and couple of the other apps. I installed them from the App Update pack without any problems.