LOL, THATS A FACT!and the remote is an actual crime against usability, holy crap Apple)
Don't know which one you have but I got the first gen one with the touch (in)sensitive pad on top.
For the first few months I bout went nuts with the POS.
And since I don't have anything else Apple to help control it, I came close to going Amazon who aren't my fav either.
Then I learned I could get a cheap $12 bluetooth keyboard to do much of the needed input chores from the Lazyboy and it made my life a lot easier.
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