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The apple tv remote is a complete abomination.

• windexh8er 7y ago
  I'm not sure it's much of a surprise to most people in the industry though. Apple always focuses on prioritizing design first - and then seemingly tries to find a way to bake in functionality that doesn't interfere with the prior. I do appreciate much of the minimalism Apple has brought to the forefront, but I think some are over the aesthetics to an extent when they impede the usefulness and/or productivity of the device. Lack of physical buttons on a remote, keyboard keys that are more focused on height and looks than feedback and quality, number of industry standard ports on devices, only using hard industrial designs vs using alternative materials that may go against the brand look and feel, and finally - likely the worst is that Apple has very little interest in designs that prioritize end user replacement or repair. I'm keenly interested in Apple v3.0. I think they'll need to reinvent themselves in the next decade. They lost me as a customer years ago - although now I'm forced to use their laptop hardware on a day to day basis which reinforces some of these design vs usability misgivings. Then again maybe it's all about quantity for Apple moving forward.