I had a RC461 remote with mic purchased in 2/2021, it ate batteries not only often but asymmetrically, one battery (left I think) would also be depleted much faster than the right. Was sent a RC399 as replacement last week, will monitor it. The battery voltages are already starting to mismatch as they are losing voltage, so not looking good. I unplug the actual USB when it's not being used, that stick is collecting u told information about your network, wifi and neighboring wifi usage patterns 24x7, as well as the waste of power. I don't want to power it 24x7 out of a terrible design choice by Roku, as we as pay for batteries every 2 weeks. They need to redesign the remote or the firmware asap. There's no reason that remote should use any more power than any other of the dozens of remotes we've all had over the decades where battery life equalled shelf life. Microamps sleeping in standby and less than 10 milliamps in use is standard. There's no reason that thing can't wake up on a button push and just send a command to the last known stick it was linked with. Then if thats a problem go into aquisition mode, which would be rare if ever. Roku you listening? And what's with the batteries wearing unevenly???? So many questions about something that has just worked for 50 years in other countless products. This is like belts suddenly stop holding up pants around the world! 😁
