Agree it would be a better idea to allow occasional replacement of the remotes. But of course they changed this policy because of the major abuse they were getting.
I happen to have a few spares because they don't want them back when you upgrade equipment which I did. Once to replace a 6xxx with a 7xxx, and then to upgrade to Quantum. Good thing, because I dropped one once too often and another is acting a bit flaky at times and probably ready for retirement. Now being Frontier, I wonder what their policy is.