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Re:The worst volume control UI in the world (2017) by ajsnigrutin on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @08:32PM (#27827995)
They took a simple device, that was easy to make, and every china basement factory could make, and made it needlessly complicated.

Now we have a chip shortage, and not even a radio with volume control can be made without a chip that is backordered for 1y+

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Re:The worst volume control UI in the world (2017) by whywhywhywhy on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @08:38AM (#27832365)
Still unfortunately more expensive buying the component than just putting the dial on a touchscreen.

Even if it's objectively worse in absolutely every possible dimension you could ever grade it on.

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