Does anyone *really* like "touch controls" on anything?

When you see "touch controls" on earbuds, lights, appliances... are you like "heck yeah! no buttons!"

I just think they are cheaper to make IPx4+ than other methods of control. But, they are always highlighted like it's a feature.

(And why is IPV6 so similar to IPX6 making me confuse them all the time?)

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@futurebird There's one place where I find it pleasant to use, and that's the snooze 'button' of my alarm clock - basically the entire top curve of the thing is a giant capacitive 'button', which also doubles as a nightlight toggle when double-tapped, and I can successfully use it half-asleep without looking!

I'm not sure it would be possible to have such a large physical button without having it be super unreliable (needing to press it at a particular angle etc.), and it also requires a lot less pressure to have it be capacitive. But this is admittedly a very specialized purpose.

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