[BugsJustFindMe]

Despite the title, iPhones do this too as noted, and importantly it was a change made after removing the fingerprint reader. And of course in perfect Apple fashion you don't get a choice. I hate it. I still fail to turn my phone off sometimes. But also I will probably eventually get used to it, and people who started using iPhones after the change won't experience it as a change.

[m463]

however they did say:

That’s because, in a rush to move to touchscreens and display-based electronics, every company has let go of the simplicity of buttons.

This is kind of maddening. Tesla is the worst. Their recent cars have very. few. buttons. They have NO stalks, and what hasn't gone to the touchscreen goes to a few touch buttons in the center of the (rotating) steering wheel. They "control" turn signals, wipers, lights, etc. It guesses the gear shift (forward or back).

[NoPicklez]

I do agree the Tesla has certainly gone too far

I rented a Model Y which was an incredible experience, but so much is on the touch screen and being new to the car I did have to take my eyes off the road a few times to flick through menus.

Having said that with further customisation you can control a fair bit from the steering wheel.

Removing stalks is a bit full on in the Model 3.

[NoPicklez]

The iPhone at the very least always has the slide to power off feature, even before the fingerprint reader was introduced.

[BugsJustFindMe]

The point of the article is the process needed to access the slider in the first place. You can't access the slider without first knowing the magic button combination. The slider used to come up just by holding the side button. Now that the side button is how you access Siri, that's no longer the case.