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This is why I love Subaru. Their new cars have a touch screen, but it's mainly for display and advanced settings. Every important control (audio, lights, climate control, etc.) is analog



Not the 2020 outback. So disappointed as was looking to upgrade to a 2020 but the touchscreen everything made me leave it behind. Got an ascent instead because they had a deal.

Mazda is the only company doing it right these days.


Seconded. Just bought a Mazda 6 and one of the reasons was a sensible, buttons-first infotainment system. There's a knob in the center console that I can use to control everything. Besides that, the seat warmer/cooler, the AC, all the basic stuff is controlled by buttons.

But the kicker is that the infotainment system has a touchscreen, but the touch functionality is _disabled_ if the car is moving, because they think it's a hazard to have a person operate it while driving.


It also takes around 4-5 button taps to do things like turn off the heated seats. In most cars you can do that without having to take your eyes of the road


The AC controls are moved to the touchscreen in the new Outback.


You can turn off hitting with voice command in Tesla :)


Oh lord, the only UI with worse discoverability than a complex touchscreen has to be voice commands.

Not to mention it kinda ruins listening to a good song or the climax of an audio book if you have to suddenly yell out "SET AIR TO SEVENTY DEGREES"...




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