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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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[–] [email protected] 86 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Capacitive buttons on anything are annoying, they're unreliable as fuck. They might trigger with the slightest accidental touch, but then they'll act like your finger doesn't exist for a dozen pushes.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

and why do they have to be everywhere? we have an induction stove and it has capacitive buttons for some idiotic reason. so many problems! when you boil water, little drops are always landing on the buttons. and to reduce power from max to min, you need to hold the - button for like a full minute. wiping the stove with a wet towel makes it go BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP and it won't shut up! and finally, when my cats walk on the buttons, they always manage to turn it on. i miss knobs.

[–] aramova 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah I'm remodeling and literally refuse to buy anything that doesn't have physical controls in the kitchen.

Fuck touch controls on everything.

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