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Re:Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to ... by kstenerud on Saturday June 26, 2021 @01:51PM (#27644154)
I have an Apple TV and I want to like it, but the remote is utter garbage. Every time I so much as brush against it, it does some weird shit, like pause playback, go into fast forward, change the program or whatever... so then there's a mad scramble "where's that fucking remote?" as I try to figure out what appendage touched it so I can find it and undo whatever it decided to do. I'm afraid to stretch my legs or arms for fear of breaking playback.

Amazon got their remote right. Everything is an actual BUTTON and there aren't too many of them. Absolutely no complaints with that.

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Re:Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to ... by leesalminen on Saturday June 26, 2021 @02:02PM (#27644252)
I also loathed those remotes but bit the bullet and bought the new ones. Am very happy with it and haven’t experienced any of the issues with the old one.
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Re:Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to ... by bitcurious on Saturday June 26, 2021 @03:16PM (#27644919)
Apple updates the remote in the most recent Apple TV model, and it’s backwards compatible and sold separately.
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Re:Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to ... by taylortrusty on Saturday June 26, 2021 @02:18PM (#27644409)
This $10 replacement GE remote is somehow 500x better. My Apple TV experience was dramatically improved.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HSSAZX8

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Re:Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to ... by jiofih on Saturday June 26, 2021 @02:22PM (#27644448)
Argh. Some of us just hate this traditional controller design. It’s huge but the buttons are small, wiggly, there are too many and it gets dirty as hell. I’d rather use a PlayStation controller as remote, all you needs is two buttons and a directional pad anyway.
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Re:Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to ... by jiofih on Saturday June 26, 2021 @02:23PM (#27644461)
The latest version of the Apple remote has ditched the touch pad, and has buttons again.
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Re:Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to ... by mikestew on Saturday June 26, 2021 @07:38PM (#27647049)
Your cries have been heard. You want one these:

https://function101.com/pages/button-remote-for-apple-tv-hom...

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