And I promise not to skimp on controls and displays. Sure you can set up any device using only 4 seven segment displays and 2 buttons, with each button overloaded with about 12 functions. But that just means that although I advertised my cooker has a timer-start function, functionally, it doesn't have such features as they're impractical to learn and use.

Ah, but how would I turn off the kid safety lock if it doesn't involve tapping Imperial March on two separate buttons in canon?

After my kid randomly pressed a bunch of buttons on our stove the alarm kept randomly turning on, sometimes in the middle of the night and I could not for the life of me figure out how to turn it off. But one day it stopped.

I had to find a manual for my washing machine to disable the child lock which accidentally got turned on. There's no symbol (maybe kids are onto that these days), you just have to intuit which buttons you have to hold at the same time.

Plus points: you can turn the beep volume down.

Minus points: without a manual you would never in a million years figure out the magic sequence to get into the menu and when you did what the numeric menu codes mean.

There was a microwave at a job that would, of course, beep when you pressed a button or the timer was done. But also when you opened or closed the door.

Had a electric kettle that also beeped. I removed the piezo buzzer.

I had a microwave that beeped loudly at every interval of the duration dial. Just imagine it for a second.

>4. Physical dials where it makes sense (temperature, time etc) instead of clunky touch crap

Physical dials will break eventually. The touch crap doesn't feel as good to use, but actually lasts longer if it's well made.