[slackdog]

All my fingers work fine on a touch screen. If your thumb was injured and you needed emergency assistance, would you really give up instead of trying to use your index finger? Really? You would just lay there and die because you can't or won't use your index finger instead of your thumb to call for help? Really?!?

I hope this isn't true and you've merely lost track of the context of this discussion.

[gowld]

> hope this isn't true and you've merely lost track of the context of this discussion

On a smartphone it's hard to keep track of a long thread if I have a broken thumb.

[peoplefromibiza]

> All my fingers work fine on a touch screen

Good.

Now watch these images and tell me how these people are holding the devices in their hands (hint: watch their thumbs).

Unfortunately for you, you're still a primate with opposable thumbs.

https://static.vecteezy.com/system/resources/previews/002/88...

https://t4.ftcdn.net/jpg/03/31/88/03/360_F_331880337_DmRJT2I...

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/FXTP62/holding-generic-smart-phone...

> If your thumb was injured and you needed emergency assistance, would you really give up instead of trying to use your index finger?

it's obvious you never saw an emergency situation or never lived one.

You still think it's a matter of will.

People give up and die, of course, that's the problem!

Meanwhile a better gesture would be long press the screen with the palm if you need help.

Bad ergonomics is bad, regardless of how much people love feeling cool with their touch screens, it won't last.

In 10 years people playing with pocket sized touch screens will look like this photo.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/TECH/mobile/07/09/cooper.c...

Cars are already removing them because they are a distraction and don't work!

Mazda to remove touch screens from all new cars - June 2021

Top Stellantis Designer Wants to Remove All Touch Screens - June 2022

Shocker! Test Shows Physical Buttons Are Less Time-Consuming in Cars Than Touchscreens - Aug 2022

Are Car Touch Screens Getting Out of Control? - Feb 2023

You know ironically what the real reasoning behind it also is?

Touch screens are cheap, why should I buy a luxury car to watch a black piece of glass in my car when it's turned off? It doesn't feel luxury, it feels identical to the cheap car of everybody else, it looks identical to induction burners. And why is the manufacturer saving on costs if the car costed me a premium price, because it's nominally a top brand?

Would you buy a Prada bag made of cheap plastic in China?

[slackdog]

So you're going to give up and die because you have a broken finger. Got it. If I believed you I'd call you pathetic, but I know you're almost certainly bullshitting because you lost the context of the conversation, made a stupid argument, and are now trying to save face by doubling down.

Nobody rolls over and dies because of a broken finger. People regularly walk around with broken limbs after accidents, oblivious to their injuries because adrenaline has that effect to keep people alive. But you're here arguing that a broken thumb will render you unable or unwilling to call for help? As if you don't have two hands. As if you don't have 9 other fingers. As if you couldn't use your broken thumb to lightly touch a touchscreen if your life depended on it. Give me a break dude! If you die because of a broken thumb, your will to live must be completely nonexistent and you should go talk to a therapist because there is a real risk that you might starve to death after neglecting to eat out of apathy.

> wall of text of other irrelevant bullshit

What even was your point in posting that? I don't like touchscreens in cars either but that has nothing to do with this conversation and you know it. Stop bullshitting.