• HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip
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      28 days ago

      I ended up un mapping my Netflix button on my shield TV remote because it was super annoying for accidental presses.

      Do the manufacturers even get a cut for promoting these services, or is this just what people want?

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        How did you do that please?

        And heh, no cut, dummy. They get extorted. Netflix wouldn’t agree to allow the hi-res streaming to their devices otherwise.

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      28 days ago

      As much as I don’t like these buttons, working in tech support, I can tell you far too many people can’t figure out anything more complex than “push the giant button that says the thing you want on it”, and that is even difficult to get some people to understand.

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      I kinda see your point, but a huge number of people have a subscription to at least one streaming service, so those buttons are a useful feature for a lot of people.

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        Unlikely all 4 though. Give people 1-2 they can map services two, instead of multiple wasted (branded) buttons.

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          Most consumers want their device to work right out of the box, mapping buttons isn’t something most of the population wants to deal with.

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            Don’t give them excuses, mate.

            Map them during initial setup.

            Please choose a service you would like to use and we will help you log in.

            You have x buttons that are available to use as a shortcut to the service. Please press the button you would like to use, or press enter to skip this step.

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              But then you have to remember which one is which. The ones in your example are already labelled.

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                You work in their marketing department, don’t you?

                The scenario I mentioned would have the buttons simply labeled with a number/letter. 95% of the time I don’t even look on the remote to use a button. Also, if you hit the wrong button, no big deal, you just the other/s.

                Like I mentioned, stop giving them excuses.

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                    You do realize that we already know the only reason you have them on your remotes is to charge the streaming services a licensing fee for the advertisement. You couldn’t care less about grandma.

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                  This is literally what certain manufacturers do. Here’s a side by side of the receiver remote for my setup and the one for the TV (which has never even been connected to the internet). One has these dedicated buttons. The other just has ones labeled for streaming or similar.>!!<

                  I’ll add that the location of the buttons makes a significant difference. If they’re easy to hit by accident you’re more likely to have grandma launch a service she didn’t mean to and not know how to back out of it. This causes more problems than it solves.

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                  There’s a lot of people in this thread who’ve never had to be tech support for elderly relatives.

                  Grandma doesn’t know what a streaming is.

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      The screenshot for the article depicts the copilot key on the “context menu” key