Android app to turn off annoying TVs via IR port

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3 pointsduncan_bayne3 comments

This isn't my app, but I wish I'd thought of it :) For years I've carried an IR transmitter to turn off annoying TVs around me, but this app nicely replaces that device in an even stealthier form.

Now we just need an app turn off Android devices used by annoyingly entitled people running this app.

Better yet, everybody just comport themselves like considerate adults in public from the start.

"Entitled" is fast becoming a shut-down-the-debate keyword, like "denier".

Leaving that aside: there's nothing inconsiderate about refusing to be exposed to a constant stream of distracting, unwanted, intrusive advertising.

Your understanding of consideration in this case is exactly inverted: it is the advertisers who are rudely acting as though they are entitled to a share of my attention. This app merely levels the playing field.

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