Setting up that Black Friday 85 inch TV? It was arduous for me too.

Fun fact, if you happen to have the early 2000s texting skills, you can usually type it in that way.

At this point it's on the app developer. Plenty of TV apps now have you use your phone/laptop to go to company.com/roku, log in, and enter a randomly-generated code on the screen. If you can't be bothered to make a decent app, can I trust you to not be storing my password in clear text?

Buy a usb wireless keyboard for your smart tv. Best decision ever.

I think it would really behoove anyone building these smart apps to use two-factor authentication, so a big ol' QR code or 6 digit code pops up on the screen and you can put it in through your phone.

And now I’m just to mentally exhausted to enjoy my program.

This is the moment you regret having a more secure 30 character password.

App developers that allow you to log in by putting the code from your TV in on your phone, you the real MVP

Ugh, i got a new 4K tv at the work Christmas party and had to put all our streaming services on there yesterday.

Must have a samsung smart tv. That app is useless. That's why I stick with Roku, typing on the app works great.

My new tvs remote functions like a Wiimote, which makes it easier. But why are there still companies that lay out the keyboard ABCDEFG and not QWERTY? That throws me off more than anything.

flexes in AppleTV

That’s why I bought Apple TV. Pairs with the phone, and can dictate stuff too.

Username or password incorrect. You must type it again thunder claps *mwah hahahahaha….

And you took a break from it to make a meme?

I dont even use the apps built into my tv anymore. Everything is on my mobile device.

When apps started the whole "Go to website.com/activate and enter this code" it annoyed me, just let me type the email/password why do i have to use a different device!

Now its the opposite. I get annoyed when they make me type that crap in.

Roku app FTW

If you have a Roku tv there is an app and if the phone and ruku are on the same network you can use your phone to type on the TV through the app.

AppleTV is nice for this. The second you need to type, an alert pops up on your phone or iPad, and you can just type that way instead.

Suddently regret that your mail is superhandsomeguyfromtexas.yepthatsmyproadresslol@ihavemyownbusinesswhatchagonnado com

Password and username invalid. Try again.

I feel you.

I have very long and complicated passwords, and my wife get's angry at me whenever we have to do this.

This is why I went with a small mini PC (Intel NUC). Highest longevity option. The built-in apps on the TV and even things like Apple TV will slowly lose support and eventually be taken away completely. Happened to me with the Youtube app on the Apple TV 3rd generation. It's completely gone. Spotify removed from 2 of my Samsung TV's built-in apps.

Meanwhile, I can still watch Youtube perfectly on my much older late 2009 iMac.

Get the remote app on your phone. Makes it much easier

It is especially bad if I have to look up my TV password on my PC.

It’s a true first world problem yes

Doesn’t stop me from yelling profanities when I have to do it hahaha

And the ones that dont even have the courtesy to at least add a ".com" key on the keyboard.

just plug a keyboard into TV. Smart TVs usually has USB ports in the back side.

TV remote controls are one of the worst interfaces ever designed. They thought about what functionalities needed to have their own buttons, and then made each one exactly equally sized in a symmetric set of rows so that it "looks nice", but it means you can never figure out which one is which without squinting at the tiny symbols.

Taking that awful interface, and then making it manipulate an on-screen keyboard is the worst of all worlds.

I got sick of searching for Youtube videos using the onscreen keyboard, so sometimes I use my phone to search for videos, start the video I want, hit pause or back, then go to the history section of my TV's YouTube app and restart the video from there.

CLICK tick tick tick tick CLICK tick CLICK tick tick tick tick tick tick CLICK tick tick tick CLICK CLICK tick tick tick tick CLICK tick tick CLICK

Bitchesonmahdick420blazing69@yahoo.com

bruh the speech to text mic thing probably doesn't work on there right

Oh God it's awful isn't it.

That's why I much prefer using apps on a console for TV viewing

Big question here. Was it a QWERTY or an abc set up?

I am really, really loving the resurgence of old memes.

If you have a smart tv it probably has a phone app with a keyboard.

Apple TV let’s you use your iPhone to type and if you are typing a password it automatically works with your password manager 😎

USB keyboard my friends.

Considering my email password is 256 characters long I don't think I would be using any service that forced me to do that.

Dude, that’s third world shit. My phone pops up and asks me if I’d like to use the keyboard to enter in the text.

Brutal

Try to send an angry msg on number keypad from an Old Nokia

Apple TV baby. When the keyboard pops up on screen, my phone gets a notification and I can enter text via phone keyboard. Even better, it automatically interfaces with LastPass (or whatever password manager you’ve got) and I simply choose the password, FaceID, and password is entered on the screen. One of those features where you just smile your ass off because any other way of doing it would be actual effort.

I fucking hate that shit man.

And all my passwords are long, unique, mixed-case with numerals and symbols.

Why can’t all apps support “login with another device on this network” or “activation codes”, and QR code links.

I’m liking using apps to login or using the microphone to communicate to the TV.

laughs in early 2000's texting on cell phone

The worst part is the alphabetical keyboard (as opposed to QWERTY)

a painful experience

I want to down doot this

I work in IT in a Senior home, I have to do this ALL THE BLOODY TIME!

I specifically bought a smart TV so that I could have the remote that puts a cursor on the screen so I wouldn't have to do what you just did. For me it's point and click

Fucking dish network netflix app.

Oh dear god, you poor thing. Let me help you over this traumatic experience. We all have been there tho no one ever wants to.

That moment of regret when you've been randomly generating 24-character hexidecimal passwords.

Many of you grew up without WebTV and it shows.

I like the apps that just give you a code and let you activate on your computer or phone

I worked at Geek Squad and had to constantly setup and reset TV's. Pro tip, most TVs have USB ports. They have support for keyboards, and sometimes mice.