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Can confirm, sadly, from my own experience:
The amount of permissions needed by Samsung WatchON (a remote control app) is <strong>shockingly huge</strong> and scarred the hell out of me when I wanted to install it a long time ago... But I ended up installing it and I'm using it even today. This is because I needed the functionality and didn't find an alternative to it (at least not one that works).
I guess there are many others that did a similar compromise in a similar situation.
(EDIT: to make things more clear, because people got confused - this is an infrared remote control app for TVs and other electronics.)
No, it's an app that uses the infrared sensor in your phone to control TVs and other electronics. It's not a remote desktop client or anything similar.
Here's the Google Store link with full description of what it does: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.peel.samsung.app
<em>WatchOn</em> (Android)- It allows you to control your TV and satellite receiver. It drains your battery quickly though.