Consider that calculators are ideal because they stay out on a flat surface and are only used in lit rooms, instead of buried in the couch cushion or used in the dark during movie night.

A remote would also have to have energy storage, and you’d have to remember to leave it out to charge.

I think the easy guess would be cost.

No.

Good lord journalism has gone to shit.

These fuckers aren’t worth the bullet they need to be shot with.

No shit. Thanks for stating the obvious.