▲ 1037 ▼ What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* by fastandcurious@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 805 comments fedilink hide all child comments For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up
[–] Ibex0@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (1 child) The IR blaster that worked on most televisions. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I hate this. I'd be perfectly fine with network bullshit if it was a universal standardized profile so it actually worked (and I could build a programmable physical remote for it) . But the App Store is flooded with "android TV remotes" that maybe support one specific obscure (unlabeled) TV. I've never found one that works for anything I've owned. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ibex0@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago That too bad, because my Galaxy S4 worked on most TVs with the Samsung software. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I hate this. I'd be perfectly fine with network bullshit if it was a universal standardized profile so it actually worked (and I could build a programmable physical remote for it) . But the App Store is flooded with "android TV remotes" that maybe support one specific obscure (unlabeled) TV. I've never found one that works for anything I've owned. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ibex0@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago That too bad, because my Galaxy S4 worked on most TVs with the Samsung software. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ibex0@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago That too bad, because my Galaxy S4 worked on most TVs with the Samsung software. permalink fedilink source parent
