Apple ditching the Siri Remote might be the best news this month
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Be gone, you crazy little thing. Rumors has it today that Apple is getting ready to ditch the Siri Remote for good. When, we don`t really know. But it can`t come soon enough. According to a new 9to5Mac report, people inside Apple are working on something carrying the codename `B519.` That obviously doesn`t tell us anything about the remote itself, but I`m going to go ahead and assume it`s the best damned remote that you ever did see. Because, wow. It can`t possibly get much worse. The Siri Remote is something we`ve all been universally tired of since day one. Anyone who says it`s fine is wrong. It`s as simple as that. Not functionally, though. The buttons all work and the Siri Remote has the buttons that do the things I generally want them to do. Volume buttons change the volume on my TV. The play/pause button plays and pauses whatever I`m watching just fine. The problem comes from the fact I can`t work out which way up the remote is at any given time. And that means I can`t tel...