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VW Is Putting Buttons Back in Cars Because People Complained Enough (www.thedrive.com)
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[โ€“] someguy3@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if it's a planning issue. Buttons you have to actually plan out. Touchscreen? Plop it in.

[โ€“] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

You have the software design costs, which are high but one-off, so they're amortised over the entire production - and it's either the same or nearly the same across each brand's entire range