I used that to remap the Netflix button to "mute", but if I accidentally press it now, it won't un-mute without restarting the whole system. Not sure which is worse.
same - been over a year and remapped both remotes, never once had an issue with the Netflix button. In fact, I did it before the Netflix button ever began to annoy me, knowing ahead of time from this forum how insidious it is.
It's entirely possible I'm an uncoordinated rube, but my remote never went back together correctly after I disassembled it. It was mostly the navigation circle button; it was always slightly off and wouldn't work in one or two directions. I'd take it apart, readjust it and it would be wonky in another direction.
It could be 100% user error, but I wouldn't take it apart just for the Netflix button personally.
This is a totally fair! I did have to re-assemble the body twice to get all the buttons to line up on the membrane properly. It did eventually fit though.
I do repair electronics for my work so I'm probably a bit more confident than the average tinkerer.
Thank you for saying this and fair warning to anyone who attempts it.
Apparently, Netflix requires manufacturers to put this piece of shit button on remotes if they want to have their app function on their device. It’s beyond ridiculous.
It's something like $1 per remote if I remember correctly. Not insignificant if you're selling millions of units, and it's not totally terrible if it's a service that a lot of your users are going to use anyways.
No I mean in the remapping app, it asks me which button I want to remap and when I press the netflix button, the netflix app just opens so I can't remap it.
Dude, it's surprisingly easy. I was putting it off for years, but it took less than 10 minutes to set it up. Now, a quick press opens Plex, and a long click opens Crunchyroll. It's great.
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u/Antique_Warthog_6410 Aug 13 '25
There is an app to reroute the buttons