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somebody
Channel Surfer
8 years ago

Can I disable the lower 4 buttons on the Stick remote?

I mean the Netflix, Amazon, Sling and Google buttons. It really annoys me if I'm watching something and accidentally hit one of those instead of Rewind. I can get to the channels I use easily e...
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Guamguy
Newbie
6 years ago

I will never purchase another ROKU product at all stemming from the remote. Great job!

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atc98092
Community Streaming Expert
6 years ago
Guamguy wrote:

I will never purchase another ROKU product at all stemming from the remote. Great job!

Certainly your privilege, but I think that's a bit over the top solely because of the remote. The remote for my Shield is annoying, and Nvidia must have agreed since they redesigned it for their newly released model. But the player itself does so much I like that I can deal with the remote. 

The lower four buttons allow Roku to keep the player price at a lower amount. How much? I have no idea. Maybe $1, maybe $10. But in the business world cost matters. I'm more annoyed with the half screen advertisement than the buttons on the remote, but I spend so little time on the home screen it really doesn't matter to me.