The sentiment resonates with me, but I don't agree with the suggestion to combine the ON and OFF buttons into a single power button. Given you are stuck with a

The sentiment resonates with me, but I don't agree with the suggestion to combine the ON and OFF buttons into a single power button. Given you are stuck with a remote, there is 1) a decent chance your button press won't register, 2) no way of definitively knowing the current power state, as you would with a switch. Being able to spam the button for your desired power state, when it is unclear whether the fan is spinning up/down or not, is good UX when a control with better UX isn't available.