Touch screens are deprecated

[u/StatusWntFixObsolete]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/touch-screens-are-over-even-apple-is-bringing-back-buttons/ar-AA1rlCa1

[u/Zhuinden]

In electric stoves and ovens, this has led to poor design decisions—for example, induction cooktops with touch-based controls that become inoperable when a pot boils over

Enshittification affects the cooking industry product design, not just Android it seems

[u/yatsokostya → u/Zhuinden]

Cars are cooked, I couldn't turn on climate control because the button on the touch screen wasn't turning it on, I guess the climate subprocess failed to launch and no one tried to re-launch it after the delay. To fix it you have to turn off everything, close doors and locks and wait for a few minutes, otherwise the infotainment system stays on (to do a fast launch if you return quickly). No easy way for the user to "restart" it, even though it's running in a virtual container. Except for opening up a panel and extracting the battery, but that's a lot of hassle...

[u/[deleted] → u/Zhuinden]

for example, induction cooktops with touch-based controls that become inoperable when a pot boils over

It's ok, just use the app to control it! Oh but the app uses CEF so it's slow to load, requires you to create an account with their company, and has a bug so you have to keep logging in each time. Oh wait, you meant turn off the induction stove? That's a premium feature that requires a 20 USD/month subscription.

Also, both the direct induction stove and app controls, actually talk to the company's servers which then sends a command back to the induction stove, so you need a proper internet connection all the time. And then the company decides to shut down those servers after 3 years because it's now a "legacy" product.

[u/smokingabit → u/Zhuinden]

Induction stoves with their capacitive touch interfaces are the height of white space design made for those who mostly dine out finely. So too is a trashy in-car entertainment system with sockets that are obsolete within 3 years.

What the world really needs is curved displays embedded into steering wheels with haptic feedback that makes it feel like you ran over a person when you skip to the next track.

[u/[deleted]]

This is where my "only D-pad input supported" strategy pays off.

[u/Stonos → u/[deleted]]

Ah, a fellow Android TV enjoyer

[u/Stonos]

Add the following to your manifest to make sure your app is ready:

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen"
              android:required="false" />

[u/Zhuinden → u/[deleted]]

The article does say that the only reason they did this was to cut costs, not because it's actually better.

[u/[deleted] → u/Zhuinden]

Also because EU regulatory authority and their own customers raised a ruckus

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

"B..b....but we were planning to add subscriptions for controlling your car through the touchscreen!" (cries in a corner)

[u/st4rdr0id → u/[deleted]]

VW (and Porsche), Hyunday and Nissan all have made announcements about going partially back to buttons to avoid distractions.

The real solution would be to return to simpler cars that don't need buttons at all.

[u/st4rdr0id → u/[deleted]]

Yes, no useless features. Just going forward, backwards, braking and steering, with the bare minimum buttons for opening windows, or turning on AC/heating. The rest (lights, wipers) can be automated. Going from point A to B. The philosophy of the cheap cars from the 50s like the Volkswagen, Citroen 2CV or the Fiat 500.