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Consumer backlash against touchscreens in cars is winning; automakers concede, return to buttons. (youtu.be)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

The fact you have to watch out for a physical volume knob nowadays is wild. Imo the shitty implementation winner is by far Renault with the ZE50 EV. Its radio has a permanent volume touch button, which opens a new view with touch buttons for volume up and down.

Whichever Renault engineer or executive thought that this was a good idea in any way, shape or form deserves many punches to the face. Apparently later models now have permanent touch buttons for volume up and down, which I guess is at least slightly better (although still horribly inferior to a knob).

It's worth noting that there are steering wheel volume buttons for the driver, but it's still horrible and sucks for passengers.