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A free TV remote app, built in 15 minutes instead of paying $8 a week

When the remote broke, every app store option wanted a subscription, so the author built one with Claude. It works on all their TVs, connects automatically and runs fully local at no cost.

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$8 a week for a tv remote app is insane

my remote broke this weekend, and with multiple tvs i always wanted to have an app for this anyway

so i checked the appstore

and every remote app wants a subscription, with the most predatory pricing as well

pretty sure the whole business model is older people forgetting to cancel

so i built my own with claude in like 15 minutes

works on all my tvs, connects automatically, fully local and with zero cost

kind of makes me wonder why those utility apps are not disrupted yet?

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