This is my new favorite remote.
Seems to not be the case. I was asking this question to know about those cheaper, high quality name brand 8bitdo ones, but lots of remotes are wireless dongle driven.
I ended up going with this one a few minutes ago https://www.amazon.com/W10-GYRO-Keyboard-Controller-Learning/dp/B078NT49MJ
Someone here recommended this for remote/mouse double duty and I like it quite a bit.