It is insane that to pause a video on my TV, my kids have to carefully hit a button that also serves the purpose of scrolling up/down/left/right.

We could think that this is a conspiracy from TV manufacturers and streaming platforms, but it's just shrinkflation at its best (aka enshittification) for reduced cost in building remote controllers.

So far, we are still lucky to have alternatives like Universal Remote Controls, but how long will they last?