> They're even worse than old appliances. You'd usually own those appliances, be able to repair them, patch them up and use them for a long, long time.

Modern appliances aren't really like this. The control panel will start registering false presses or no longer accept keypresses after a few years (especially if it's a heating appliance and the control panel is not engineered to be in a hot environment), and replacement control panels will be discontinued and unavailable.