JP1 remotes run circles around most remotes. Many are free, others are $3-$20, $40 tops, available at most brick and mortars and everywhere online. Software is free. This option has been around for 15 years and keeps getting better.

I'll use a smartphone or tablet in a pinch or when I want to impress my friends. But for everyday use, no thanks.

I have enough JP1 remotes to last the rest of my life. As long as IR and RF exist, they will continue to work fine since they can always load the latest and greatest codes.

I agree state tracking can be an issue, but Harmony is pretty much the only one that does this out of the box. So if you must have that, then you have to roll your own with JP1 or URC or stick with whatever touch screen abomination Logitech has at the moment. Consumers have spoken, and hard button universal remotes are pretty much dead. That's why I'm stocking up now, before they're all gone forever.