Volkswagen Will Bring Back Physical Buttons in New Cars

I can't wait for this. I will be first in line for an EV Jetta with physical buttons! So many consumers are asking for this.

When I first had to drive (rental car) one of these touchscreen BMWs, I was terrified to death while checking _other_ cars on the road assuming their driver's are probably addictively fiddling on their touchscreens playing with the multimedia system. I couldn't believe this was the direction car industry goes towards...

Some premium brands (100k+ Mercedes, IIRC) still had physical navigation buttons, and I was happy to (exploit a bug in IBM/Hertz car booking system to) get these fancy cars for my weekly client visits.

The idiotic "everything must be a touch screen" phase has to end. Other notable examples:

* my glass cooktop also has touch-only "buttons". When water splashes on them, it switches off. Guess what happens when you actually cook on your cooktop.

* elevator "buttons" in my apt, remove your gloves

* Zurich pedestrian cross signaling buttons, remove your gloves. Idiotism next level: some bike crossing also have this now, even worse when you have to removeyour gloves while biking, then quickly put back. WTF.