For me the most useful thing about stream decks is that they’re tied to particular machines while not taking up much space. So for example I usually listen to

For me the most useful thing about stream decks is that they’re tied to particular machines while not taking up much space. So for example I usually listen to music through my personal mac since that’s what’s hooked up to my DAC/amp and has all of my music files, even if I’m currently got my work mac hooked up to my primary screen and KB+M. While I can use key shortcuts on my personal mac through Universal Control (like Synergy, except using P2P wifi), it’s nice to not have to mouse over to my personal mac’s screen first — just use the media controls on the stream deck hooked up to that machine. This could also be done with a small macropad like is sold at numerous keyboard enthusiast shops, but it’s not a given that I’ll have keycaps to match the mapped functions which is where the deck’s screen-keys are nice.