I feel your pain.

I generally don't do much remote control stuff, I just want to grab URLs and feed them to a download manager, or save 'em for later, or be able to download from a browser with no graphics, no Javascript, none of that bollocks. (Probably on some antique but that's me.)

Roll up and watch as the web is transformed into allegedly idiot-proof over-automated shit by a bunch of marketdroids in suits...