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Just use QWERTY! (shkspr.mobi)

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I've written a blog post about the most important technological issue of our time - why every streaming service has its own weird keyboard.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I don't really mind the alphabetical order. As others have already mentioned not everyone knows QWERTY, but most people know the alphabet.

The worst layout I've seen is where all the letters are in a single row. I think AppleTV is like this and I feel like I've seen it with at least one or two other services. But at least with AppleTV I can usually use my phone as a keyboard if I'm typing more than a couple characters.

It would be nice if there was a consistent layout that all the apps would use.