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Volkswagen Admits Failure, Will Bring Back Physical Buttons (afronomist.com)
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[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

they should last way longer than mechanical buttons

Sorry what lol

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mechanical buttons wear out, touch buttons do not

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lol there are mechanical buttons who still work who outlive any touchscreen alive today by 200 years, what are you talking about lol?

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net -2 points 2 years ago

First of all, touch buttons don't necessarily mean touch screens. Second, survivorship bias.