This not only goes for cars but for almost all devices involved either in human movement or health: vehicle dashboards, headphones, lamps, public transport inte

This not only goes for cars but for almost all devices involved either in human movement or health: vehicle dashboards, headphones, lamps, public transport interfaces, avionics, medical devices and equipment, etc. Any device that involves moving or healing someone without actual physical buttons puts human beings in danger in some way or another at some point specifically because of said touch interface. The reason, in my opinion, why we observe so many devices turning button-less, is not ergonomy or usability. It's one particular community of users who is so much attracted to touchscreens that they would pay a premium to get rid of physical buttons and a touchscreen instead, even when that design decision can put their lives in danger. I can't even mention these users explicitly here because I would probably be downvoted quite aggressively, but I guess some readers will recognize who I'm referring to. I remember very well the moment Tesla cars arrived on the market and people reacted to the huge screen installed next to the dashboard. It was clearly obvious at the time that it was a very bad decision being happily welcomed by a specific category of users. Manufacturers of all sorts have been favoring these users in particular for the last fifteen-ish years although they know their products to become less durable, and less resilient to the unexpected. I'm glad this problem is starting to be acknowledged and recognized by manufacturers. p.s. the community I'm referring to, it has nothing to do with gender, age, race or religion.