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Volkswagen Will Bring Back Physical Buttons In New Cars | Down with touch screen controls.::Volkswagen says that it has heard the feedback from its customers. It plans to bring back physical buttons and controls in future models.

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[–] samothtiger@pawb.social 0 points 11 months ago (5 children)

There’s so many fewer points of failure when you use physical buttons as opposed to touch screens. I hope everyone follows suit.

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Physical buttons have wiring harness failure, mechanical failure, and software failure...pretty much exactly the same amount as the touchscreen solution.

What boggles my mind is that cheap, snappy, easy-to-use touchscreen interfaces have been a solved issue for well over a decade with the proliferation of smartphones...why the hell do car manufacturers suck so much at implementing it!? They're all slow bug-ridden shitshows.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

How do you do "mechanical failure" with hercons? I'm all attention. They may not be as pleasant to use, but beat touchscreens still.

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