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Physical remote > any app. By far. Die apps, die. I want dedicated remotes for lights, stereo, curtains, garage door, and TV. Apps won’t be around – forget 20
by systemvoltage 6y ago
Physical remote > any app. By far.
Die apps, die. I want dedicated remotes for lights, stereo, curtains, garage door, and TV.
Apps won’t be around – forget 20 years, 5 years if you’re lucky. A company can disappear along with its stupid fucking app.
About the only advantage an app has is a keyboard.
- squarefoot 6y ago> A company can disappear along with its stupid fucking app. Absolutely true, which makes a good argument also for going back to websites and pages (HTML5 helps a lot) instead of the apps business model that basically brought us back to the pre-www era. Also regarding the phone (mis)use as remote, why nobody mentions latency? Every smartphone I tried had an absolutely atrocious UI latency even compared to my 30 years old Amiga 500, why should I want to use it instead of a dedicated device that does the job immediately and I can substitute with 5€, and sometimes even repair?
- benrbray 6y agoHi systemvoltage! We heard you like remotes, so how about a remote with dedicated, non-reprogrammable buttons to open apps you never use that don't even exist anymore? Sincerely, Roku
- systemvoltage 6y agoHow about arrow keys and an ok button?
- benrbray 6y ago^ < OK! > v
- fossuser 6y agoMaybe one that isn’t tied to a box that stuffs ads in the UI?
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- WalterBright 6y ago> A company can disappear along with its stupid fucking app. They can also disappear and when you lose your remote, too bad. (That's why remotes go for $$ on ebay.)