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by ebg13 2148 days ago
> Now that Tesla does it, people love it.

No they don't. Nobody ever applauds this. People buy Teslas despite the touchscreen being the only way to do certain things, not because of it.

> Is there a psychological name for this?

"Making things up"?

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Nope, I've actually had people defend this. Not convincingly, but they try.

I believe the official argument is that the controls on the actual steering wheel are programmable, so you don't usually need the touchscreen. But I mean.. Most people don't bother doing this kind of thing... They're lazy... Hell, I'm an emacs user for 30 years, but I've only ever used the default keybindings...

This touch screen obsession is why I won't buy a Model 3 or Y, despite being a potential customer.