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There have been more times than I care to count that I’ve needed to type my 32+ Long character password. Is unusual, but not never.

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Using a tv remote is the worst

Big props here to Amazon Prime Video for allowing you to open an Amazon app you've already logged into on a device with a camera and scan a QR code on your television to log in, rather than requiring you to type a password using arrow keys to select from a virtual keyboard.

Hulu also allows you to type a short character sequence from a website instead of using a password.

I was just using the Roku app on my phone for this. I don’t know if it’s universal for apps on the Roku, but it certainly is nice.

It's even worse with Apple TV, where you have to swipe between characters on a single row. They completely butchered UX on that one, it's infuriating.

I’ve found voice dictation surprisingly useful in these situations - you can instruct which case to use as well as using military alphabet.

https://support.apple.com/guide/tv/use-siri-dictation-atvb21...

I would not do that for a password

If you have an iPhone, you can use the Apple TV remote on the phone which will show a text input you can type on (on any form text input). This has the added bonus of being able to access your keychain for automatic password filling

I have enabled the tv remote on control center - I’m not sure if it’s there by default. You should be able to toggle it in settings

That’s why I use apple remote app where even copy paste works.

...which is only available on iOS (I don't have an iPhone). This is one of my other pet peeves with Apple products.

It’s for these situations that I tend to use pass phrases rather than long random strings of different special characters. Much easier to type 4 or 5 words

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