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I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be
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this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2026
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The current remote has physical buttons that have a track pad over the surface of them. You can completely disable the track pad and gestures and just use it like a plain old remote if you want. The gestures-only remote was replaced years ago, thankfully.
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/mw5g3am/a/siri-remote
This is the old one that I assume you’re talking about?