This makes me happy for the future, but also kind of mad for the past and present. I've been loudly and strongly against touchscreen buttons since the very beg

This makes me happy for the future, but also kind of mad for the past and present. I've been loudly and strongly against touchscreen buttons since the very beginning because they were so clearly inferior in most ways. Of course there are some benefits like the ability to dynamically change the interface (which is a big deal), but for things like car radio, HVAC controls, refrigerator settings, basically anything that isn't a smartphone, they are clearly bad. I endured many, many years of people in tech (especially Apple fans) telling me that I was just stuck in the old way and resisting change, and largely dismissed my arguments rather than admit that maybe the "courageous" approach might actually be wrong. And of course, once Apple did it, everyone else started copying and jumping on the same design. Regardless though, I'm really glad to hear that this is really happening. Ideally I hope that it causes some introspection and less confidence when "improving" designs in our industry, but given that's a human problem rather than a tech or company problem, I'm not expecting it. Next up, I hope people start realizing that "smart" appliances are also a regression :-D That concludes this episode of "old man yells at cloud." Thanks for listening.