[com2kid]

What? Ceramic cook tops are crap, they get stained easily, scratched easily, and in the US at least, the way they work to "adjust" the temperature is to cycle on and off every few seconds.

Oh and if any of your pots or pans get warped, they become completely unusable!

Drop anything heavy on it, and the cook top breaks.

I once waited for 20 minutes for a small pot of water to boil on a ceramic cook top.

The old fashion coil burners are better than the stupid glass top ones.

[ascar]

My ceramic cooktop is basically stain and scratchfree after using it for cooking 4-5 times a week for 8 years. It's incredibly easy to clean as you can literally scratch of everything that doesn't just wipe away.

The temperature does cycle on and off usually based on a thermometer, so it does hold the selected temperature. I don't get why that's a drawback for you? The cooktop will literally be kept to your selected temperature.

Also the induction cooktops I know use the same kind of glass or ceramic plate on top, so you have the same advantages/disadvantages in regards to scratching, cleaning and breaking it.

[com2kid]

I've never had one last more than a few months without getting stained. Fruits boiling over when making jam or syrup will do it.

[bluGill]

Some glass top stovs work better than others. I won't go back to coils, but I currently have a glass top that bad. However I've has glass tops that were good so I know they exist. But I'll take gas over electric anyday. (I have never used induction so I reserve the right to change that stance)