They're great but my friends get confused when they're staying and I'm not there. Not having a normal remote throws people. Getting a remote to work perfectly and usefully in Linux isn't all that simple. Plus it's not at all easy for it to manage external inputs -- a smart TV can just switch to the ps5 with a button, how would i do that from my Linux htpc keyboard?
Don't get me wrong, I'm never giving up my ublock-YouTube plus steam plus Plex Linux htpc but there's plenty of reasons they're not super practical.
Also doesn't Netflix still throttle to 720p on PCs?
Pretty often, honestly. My friends and i all let each other crash at our places when we're in each other's town, and somebody is in my town visiting probably 3-4 times a year, and then my brother and sister come out 1-2 times a year each. So in a busy year that's almost once a month.
So enough that I'd like to find a good solution, even if it's not super high priority. My sofabaton Bluetooth remote was hopefully the savior but its Bluetooth mode is pretty bad and makes macros unreliable.
Don't get me wrong, I'm never giving up my ublock-YouTube plus steam plus Plex Linux htpc but there's plenty of reasons they're not super practical.
Also doesn't Netflix still throttle to 720p on PCs?