@MartyE posted:What he said. Eventually Lionel will be in the same boat. Whether they recreate a hardware remote or most likely go the way of the smart phone is yet to be seen. I agree, why deal with ever changing hardware that can take years to redevelop when you can push software updates regularly.
One reason would be sufficient push-back from Lionel's customers. Obviously, if they just whimper and take it, then Lionel would have little incentive to spend the extra money to keep a real remote.