[tjr]

Even if true, why should obsolete technology be banished from the public sphere?

Should I avoid being seen in public with my mechanical wristwatch? My mechanical metronome? My 2010 Mac Book Pro? My 1963 Fender Jazz Bass?

[jfoutz]

I'd go further and say, mechanical knobs dials and switches can be operated without looking at them. with touch devices, i have to look at them, both to find what i want to do, and verify what i wanted to happen, happened.

Fundamentally, they're not obsolete. These are features that can't be duplicated without some clever additional device.

[FireBeyond]

Welcome to HN, where I have heard sincere claims that someone who pulled out a "Thinkpad Thinkpad from 10 years ago in a full Starbucks if you like, but most people wouldn't enjoy doing it - and even apologize for it, if they got curious stares."

From: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6322397