Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes...
by throwawaylinux on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @08:21AM
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> Touch screens are just their 60+ year old fossils deciding "that's hip, that's what kids want!"
Do you have any evidence for this? Seems pretty outlandish to me.
> 1. It's cheaper to produce; 2. It looks more expensive, so the price goes up; 3. Testing audiences respond positively to shiny lights; 4. Fossils decided that this is what the young people want.
What does 4 even mean? If we took 1-3 as fact, then should businesses have disregarded them and instead made something more expensive to produce that looked cheaper and sold for less because people don't respond so positively?
Do you have any evidence for this? Seems pretty outlandish to me.
> 1. It's cheaper to produce; 2. It looks more expensive, so the price goes up; 3. Testing audiences respond positively to shiny lights; 4. Fossils decided that this is what the young people want.
What does 4 even mean? If we took 1-3 as fact, then should businesses have disregarded them and instead made something more expensive to produce that looked cheaper and sold for less because people don't respond so positively?