Screen, Touch screens, etc don't belong on tools, cars etc. Just make things more of a disposable item and harder to repair. Maybe in a few years they will have a "higher end" (costlier) model where you pay more for the privilege to not have a screen. My guess is they are going down the same route as car makers and others where the reality is doing things with a screen and some ICs out back is cheaper than physical knobs/encoder/wiring/etc, so it's a cost savings but pitched as luxury, only after knobs and such are gone do people realize what they lost, want them back and now you have to pay more and getting the mechanical controls back is the luxury option.
That's pretty much my take on it.
Some cars are coming out where theres a lot of essential day to day workings routed through those touchscreens and I dont want them at all.
It's just been done to reduce cost and sold as a luxury. Fail.
It also means the owner has less chance of repairing them without taking the car to a garage.
I don't mind it on aftermarket sterios, cos at the end of the day I can take it to Halfords and get another one bought and fitted for a hundred and thirty quid, or just live without a stereo for a while, it won't kill me.
On powertools? Think I just prefer a knob to turn.
Still, at least Festool listened about the impact screwdriver and as long as its not got that stupid flappy belt hook contraption I've seen on some of their drills I might even buy one.
