[flenserboy]

The elimination of buttons is not just a hardware issue; it goes hand-in-hand with the elimination of visual cues on websites & in apps. We're getting close to needing some sort of WordPerfect function-key guide attached to our phones & tablets to know what to click on so we don't have to stab randomly around our device (due to missing buttons) or screen (due to lack of cues) to know what is a link, button, or action. Bare minimalism should not be a goal, but more of an approach.

[dagmx]

The post doesn’t actually say the button is going away. It says the button mechanism is changing.