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These Stupid Ass Buttons On TV Remotes. The Intrusive Thoughts Won.
Seriously, the absolute most annoying shit when I'm watching something and I reach for the remote and barely bump the buttons and it yeets me out of what I was watching, to whatever bullshit streaming company paid the most for a button spot on the remote, the remote that came with a TV I paid good money for. Meanwhile on some apps completely loosing my progress on a movie or forced to watch more Ads again to continue watching again. I've threatened to do this before and my wife insisted not to, she's out of town this week, any recommendations for marriage counselors and anger management programs?
This is now Fandango at home my kids and I still use it because Id been collecting and inputting movie codes that used to come in the DVDs since I was 14 😅 (now 29) we now have like 79 movies because I buy them when we cant find what we're looking for on a site we stream lol just bought the page master yesterday and they loved it felt like an awesome victory
it annoys me that the widget eventually times out and you have to click it and open the actual app to make the connection again (Battery mode set to unrestricted for the app btw)
minor issue, o well.
my next phone will be like a OnePlus 15 or something. I need my IR blaster back.
Had to have my TV replace under warranty twice. Each remote has different buttons. I found out they pay to be put on the remote and that is partly why tvs are so cheap now.
I did map mine and it worked for a few days before going back to what it was, may have been after an update on the tv. Haven't looked up how to try doing it, again.
I'll have to try this on my Amazon Fire Stick. It's kinda annoying how I always have to go to the main menu to change Apps, when I'm only effectively using two anyways lol
For what it's worth, I literally just used buttonmapper on my Nvidia Shield to disable the netflix button - maybe 5 minutes ago. Didn't have to pay a cent.
I had heard she went crazy after getting out of the conservatorship, but I didn’t know it was “waving knifes around while barely clothed right after shooting up some meth” kinda crazy
Had to replace my fathers remote a while back. I bought the cheapest no name replacement controller that said it would work with his tv. Still has these stupid streaming service buttons on it.
That market has existed and thrived for decades. Look up universal remote. You can get one that controls 4 devices at Walmart for under $10 (with no "app" buttons). Granted, you can also find universal remotes with those annoying app buttons, but they are a little more expensive, not less.
Could have opened up the controller and removed those buttons, or maybe carefully cut the traces for the buttons so they wouldn't do anything. Cutting them out with a blade like you did was a bit of an unhinged action.
I used to have a fob for my car that would inadvertently open my trunk or set off the alarm in my pocket all the time. I simply took the fob apart and covered the contacts for those buttons with tape and put it back together so it wouldn't happen anymore.
I've tried that before. The remote never snapped back together very well, because opening it up broke some of the clips. They don't make these things to ever be opened again.
I used to have a Xiaomi Android TV box. I wanted to open up the remote to clean it real well. Fast forward, I sold the device with a tiny bit of a box cutter blade still stuck between the halves of the remote that I still never managed to open.
The smarter thing to do would be disassemble the remote and put a thin layer of kapton tape over the sections of circuit board where those buttons are. That will completely disable the buttons without making the remote look like a total piece of shit.
I downloaded a buttom remapper for the massive netflix button on mine and assigned it to have no function. I think I was more mildly infuriated than you lmfao
Not who you asked, but I have a Shield. My Netflix button is now the mute button for one press. Long press is still Netflix ‘cause why not. I think you can assign two or three functions to all the buttons, but it’s been a while since I messed with it.
my LG magic remote also has those buttons. one of them is for the google assistant, which is no longer supported in my country and soon discontinued for good. luckily on lg TVs it's easy to remap the buttons on the remote.
Edit: this requires you to root the tv first
If the “intrusive thoughts won”, then they weren’t really intrusive, they were your desires all along and you’ve just been pretending to be normal until now. That you don’t want them and don’t do them is what makes them intrusive. If you do them, they aren’t intrusive, those are just thoughts.
Loosing has become the norm and it drives me insane. I've been seeing it in professional places now too. I have no clue wtf is happening and why but I don't like it. I watched the same thing happen to paid over the years, it is now somehow payed, with even grown ass adults spelling it like that at work. Not only does it make the person look like a moron, they are longer words! Why?????
You know, these buttons would be fine if it required a double or even a triple press to use them, instead of them switching the app if someone from across the room's gaze lingers too long in the direction of the remote
I do that with mine too, they put it on a spot where you misplaced the most every time. That and they seem to be raised ever so slightly more than all the other keys
People hate on Apple, often for good reason. But so far they’ve been really good about keeping their services clean and functional. (at least since the U2 controversy)
I use my Apple TV for streaming. My TV gets no Internet access and functions as a giant PC monitor. I have Apple, 2 game consoles, a soundbar and a PC plugged in.
I don’t really need to use the TVs remote. I stream to Apple. Control volume with Apple TV remote. Idk why you would ever let your TV have internet access or use the OEM remote.
You could have done it in at least ten less traumatic ways; now, seeing those stupid puncture marks will be a constant annoyance for your wife. Not a great idea, if I may say so.
I see your TV remote and raise you the absolutely moronic "panic button" alarm on the Ford vehicle keyfob, which is flat and even with the surface of the keyfob and results in it being depressed constantly when in your pocket. I'll bump into the steering wheel when entering or exiting my truck, and the damn thing sets off the alarm, making me scramble into my pocket to shut it off.
With my previous vehicle (Ford Fusion), I opened the remote and cut out the back of the button which eliminated the alarm. It took about 4 years to reach that point. With my Maverick, I haven't done it yet, but the next time it happens, I probably will open that sucker up for some surgery.
I understand the frustration though. Maybe a piece of electrical tape wrapped around the remote wouldn't look too bad?
I just took the remote apart, and removed the part that makes contact with the board. Doesn't look like a dog chewed up the remote with the same end result.
In the telecom business we sometimes cut these buttons off remotes of elderly because they keep pressing them and then do not know how to find the exit button or home button to return to the menu causing repeat visits that cost them money. Easier if they can't press the button at all.
Can’t remember the last time I touched my TV module. Hooked up an Apple TV and do everything via that module. Better and quicker software than the TV software.
Bought a 75” Samsung TV about 5 years ago. Over time the latency became unbearable and I tried everything to fix it. Got an AppleTV set up and the TV is now a monitor for the AppleTV box. It works incredibly well.
Ive grabbed my remote and hit them maybe 3 times a week. I have a dog, and they have pressed the buttons way more than I have. So no , no one wrong presses. They accidently hit it while grabbing it
Universal TV remotes are cheap and often better than the ones from manufacturers. This seems like a massive overreaction. I don’t think you should be trusted with knives
I don't know what type of TV you have. But I know on Android TVs there's an app you can download where you can inhibit any of the buttons on your remote. I have an Nvidia shield streaming box and it has a Netflix button that I would always hit by accident and it would open up Netflix even though I'm not subscribed to it. I found an app and I inhibited that button so it doesn't do anything anymore
I did similar on LG tv remote but instead of this I disasemled it with plastic card and put tape over those button on circuit board so no damage also it can be fixed by removing tape EZ
You can do this more neatly if you open the remote and score through the metal traces from the button with your razor blade instead. Same effect but once you reassemble you wont know it’s been done if you dont use the buttons.
I agree remotes (much like computers and phones) shouldn't have commercial bloat. If I want a service I'll install it and find a way to it myself don't need pré-install or special buttons
Maybe you could pop the remote open and cut out the rest of the buttons from behind and then glue some black plastic over the holes so it doesn't look so bad. Fuck those buttons
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