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Touchscreens Are Out, and Tactile Controls Are Back (spectrum.ieee.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tactile controls cost more to install

Not just more to install, but also more to design. Physical controls have to be designed so they fit the aesthetic of the car and don't look out of place. On the other hand, a touch screen can just reuse a generic UI design across every vehicle made by a particular manufacturer, or even across different manufacturers if the same vendor supplies the same OS for all of them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Agreed. When I said "install," I meant everything, really. R&D, design, manufacturing, installation, etc. Even so, touchscreens are not a suitable replacement and never will be.