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well, I have a parking timer installed in the windshield of my car, and it has a 'universally hailed' beautiful design.

It is an obnoxious hassle to replace the batteries on it, and equally so set the clock on it.

So, should I trust thus beautiful design to not be a hassle in daily use..? I long for an ugly parking timer that is easy to use, but those have been driven out of the market by this beauty.

[culturestate]

The ugly-but-functional digital parking timer market is alive and well[1] in Germany; maybe you can import one, if local law allows?

1. e.g. https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Park-Micro-Digital-Parking-Approv...

[JumpCrisscross]

I mean, you bought it…

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I did, but the crux is, that this was governed by them driving competitors off the market, so I didnt have options to choose from. You could argue it's the same mechanism, but to me it is important at what point the cut-off hapoens. If I have multiple options, I would pick the more gadgetry one.