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Volkswagen brings back physical buttons for all new cars | Autocar (www.autocar.co.uk)

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Interior of ID 2All concept shows how Volkswagen is responding to criticism about over-reliance on touch controls

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

My 9-year-old Subaru has physical buttons. The car still ignores them when it's busy "thinking", like leaving the sound blasting at whatever volume setting it was on previously, but now with a different song, and there is nothing I can do to shut it the hell up for like a minute or two while it finishes booting up the OS.

Pro-Tip: "Physical buttons" don't have to mean a damn thing.:-(

Edit: I do like the tactile feel of them though.:-)

[–] CheeseNoodle 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Feel is the main part really, means you don't have to take your eyes off the road.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I suppose... but when I tell it to mute, and it ignores me entirely, that does not "feel" good either:-).

Though fortunately it's only the first minute or so after starting up, and after that I do very much appreciate them:-D.