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I have a 2021 Seat Leon, basically it is a Golf with a Spannish design, almost everything apart from actually driving the car uses touch controls, with one exception, media can be controlled by buttons and a roller on the steering wheel.
It is really annoying and countries need to regulate that the following can't be touch controls:
A/C Temp
A/C Fanspeed
Heated rear window
Heated wind screen
Heated seats
Exterior light controls
Media volume
Media play/pause
Media previous/next track
Engine mode (Electric/Hybrid/HybridCustom)
This has been a gripe of mine for a looong time and not just in cars. For fuck sake, my fucking oven is touch screen and has wifi. why?
Every time I wipe it off, it thinks I'm touching 37 buttons and it overwelms the CPU, and the system restarts
Never again
Same with fucking electric stove tops. Why am I to use touch controls on the same surface that heats my pots and pans? Idiocy.
I guess I disagree on that one. If you’re talking induction, that is. For me, it’s a magical slab of glass that heats my food and is ridiculously easy to clean thanks for the touch buttons. Wipe wipe and it’s clean.
At least on induction there's some safety. Regular electric ones however...
Ah, that makes sense. I’m only used to induction and the regular old gas stoves.