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minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agoThis has been a gripe of mine for a looong time and not just in cars. For fuck sake, my fucking oven is touch screen and has wifi. why? Every time I wipe it off, it thinks I’m touching 37 buttons and it overwelms the CPU, and the system restarts Never again
minus-squareno banana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoSame with fucking electric stove tops. Why am I to use touch controls on the same surface that heats my pots and pans? Idiocy.
minus-squareDamage@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·9 months agoWell, touch controls on appliances make more sense because they should last way longer than mechanical buttons, and it’s not dangerous for you to focus your attention on them like it would be while driving.
minus-squareNudding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months ago they should last way longer than mechanical buttons Sorry what lol
minus-squareDamage@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months agoMechanical buttons wear out, touch buttons do not
minus-squareNudding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoLol there are mechanical buttons who still work who outlive any touchscreen alive today by 200 years, what are you talking about lol?
minus-squareDamage@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·9 months agoFirst of all, touch buttons don’t necessarily mean touch screens. Second, survivorship bias.
This has been a gripe of mine for a looong time and not just in cars. For fuck sake, my fucking oven is touch screen and has wifi. why?
Every time I wipe it off, it thinks I’m touching 37 buttons and it overwelms the CPU, and the system restarts
Never again
Same with fucking electric stove tops. Why am I to use touch controls on the same surface that heats my pots and pans? Idiocy.
Well, touch controls on appliances make more sense because they should last way longer than mechanical buttons, and it’s not dangerous for you to focus your attention on them like it would be while driving.
Sorry what lol
Mechanical buttons wear out, touch buttons do not
Lol there are mechanical buttons who still work who outlive any touchscreen alive today by 200 years, what are you talking about lol?
First of all, touch buttons don’t necessarily mean touch screens. Second, survivorship bias.