[shadyMrPatch]

I'm getting angry even reading about it.

It's the kind of thing that'd make you reject purchasing it if only you'd thought to have tested that specific bit of it before buying it.

[jonplackett]

I knew hacker news was the right place to share this story. Only here people would understand the pain I am in!

[Shared404]

I am almost a day late... But yes.

Honestly, I wish that they would make appliances with physical controls as opposed to digital. At least those are easier to fix/mod on your own.

[jonplackett]

I always think that about modern SLR cameras. They took a series of brilliant, instantly accessible physical dials (around the lens for aperture, on the top for exposure) and replaced them with menus and buttons on a tiny screen. WHY? How is that progress?

I think if someone did a kickstarter for a very simple physical buttoned digital camera it would do very well.

[exikyut]

Or there was even a demo unit in the first place...