Right, but the fact that it requires a 3rd party wrapper is a good indicator that Apple doesn't want 3rd parties relying on the Apple Remote, so don't expect to

Right, but the fact that it requires a 3rd party wrapper is a good indicator that Apple doesn't want 3rd parties relying on the Apple Remote, so don't expect to see an exemption granted for it any time soon. There is also plenty of growing evidence that the Apple Remote & IR sensor will be removed from future models. It's already gone from the MacBook Airs, 3rd party support was removed with 10.6, Front Row has been killed off, and now this. I feel like this and the lack of support for optical media are both deliberate omissions that we won't be corrected, and are good indicators of future hardware decisions.