Why do McIntosh come with cheap plastic remotes?

What I hate about most fancy remotes are 2 things:
A.To heavy.
B. You need some special screwdriver to remove the batteries. 

Long lived thread

1- earlier comment about an expensive Omega watch with a cheap strap? Uh, yes. NATO straps 

2- I have 3 remotes in my system 2 metal, one plastic. Battery replacement- plastic remote is easy- slip off battery door. Metal remotes? One needs a Philips screwdriver the other an Allen wrench. None have ever failed. The only remote I have ever seen fail was one that was thrown at a wall. The wall was fine. It was a plastic remote 

Those NATO straps are actually quite expensive zavato, although I agree that they look terrible.

NATO straps from OMEGA are a lot. Go to Watch Prince- $20! Any NATO strap is really a cheap thing. Some cost a lot, though. 

Worst experience with metal remotes from Ayon. Two remotes broke down and just stopped functionning at $ 140.00 a pop. This was on a 3k Orion integrated. I would be ashamed as a manufacturer for asking a client to pay $140.00 plus the hassle for remotes that don't even last a year.

Metal does not necessarily equate to quality, just as plastic construction does not equate cheapness.

But you know quality when you see it and how it performs in your hands.