| ▲ | franga2000 4 days ago |
| They didn't even decide that we want them, from what I've heard, capacitive "buttons" are simply cheaper as they require not additional parts. |
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| ▲ | tirant 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| They are cheaper and they pass IPXX requirements on dust/water protection easily. But they seem to be good enough because customers, despite some complaints, keep buying devices with capacitive buttons. |
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| ▲ | astrobe_ 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Also, mechanical stuff eventually wears out - at best with good quality ones, the product becomes obsolete before they do. For instance potentiometers [1] used for volume control on stereos rust over time and eventually become unusable. So there's a durability argument too. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentiometer | |
| ▲ | jimnotgym 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | In the case of cars, isn't it simply that there is no other option on the market? |
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| ▲ | neuronic 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Yes, now the cheap cooking stoves have touch interfaces which is an OBVIOUSLY bad idea, much worse even than touch buttons in cars. The expensive professional stoves however... |
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| ▲ | ahoka 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Expensive stoves also have touch screen, just with much better UX. | |
| ▲ | rlpb 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > The expensive professional stoves however... …have people whose job it is to clean everything every day anyway. | |
| ▲ | Symbiote 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | The touch buttons on my stove are easy to clean, but I think that's the only advantage. |
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