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The remote is fine, but I like using my phone better as there's additional functionality depending on the app.  For example, there's often a dedicated caption on/off button,  no multi-gesture or Siri hoops to jump through.  Searches automatically default to direct typing, using iOS's native keyboard.

My venerable SE is also far more comfortable in the hand, and less likely to get lost/misplaced under something on the coffee table... or in bed... or even in the laundry. About that: the TV remote mostly survived the washer AND dryer, only the microphone was permanently toasted.  I doubt any conventional remote would survive such an ordeal.

The only TV OS usability glitches I've noticed are in the older HD hardware (I own a 4K also).  Hulu's app is annoying unstable on the older device, necessitating almost daily reboots to escape app freezing.  It's the only app I've seen fall down like this, but again, it's fine on the 4K.

If the screenshot accompanying the article is any indication, this is a different species of jellyfish than the ones that have been playing for the last month or so.

elijahg said:

While the US style plugs may be "elegant", they're actually pretty crap - especially the two prong no earth ones. If you stand on the cable near the plug, the prongs can snap off and leave live prongs stuck out. The sockets quickly wear out so that wall warts won't stay in the socket, and just drop out on the floor.

Not quite the same thing, but there are a few current tablet apps that interpret hand-drawn inputs... for example, Notion allows a user to draw musical notation in a detection box, and extrapolates it to legal input.  But it's a little slow, and it's tricky to reverse changes if the app gets its interpretation wrong.

tzeshan said:

This is not true. The virus is not identified until Jan 7, 2020. 

I'm sure you meant "reported by the WHO on Jan 7, 2020", which is not the same thing.