TECHNOLOGY: Why can’t I control my tv from my phone?

I was thinking the other night, when the local TV and Comcast weren’t “speaking” to each other, why can’t I just use an app on my phone to debug the problem?

Everything was on the same LAN.  We had the TV remote and the Cable remote.

But wasn’t that completely unnecessary?

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Also I’ve been a sports bars where the patrons were forced to watch whatever was on at the time, when voting to change the channel could have easily been accommodated by a common app.

And, how about putting on the closed caption feature for those of us who need it. Rather than forcing us to buy an expensive hearing aid.

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Seems like technology is letting us all down.

Argh!

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