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Capacitive controls could be the cause of a spate of VW ID.4 crashes (arstechnica.com)
submitted 4 months ago by boem to c/technology
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[–] fpslem 9 points 4 months ago

This bears repeating more: VW already knew how to make good driver controls. Their buttons and switches were carefully and thoughtfully designed for many years. The decision to throw in touch-screen buttons is either chasing a fad or outright dangerous cost-cutting. Companies like VW deserve the flak because they knew better, and did it anyway.