Post by @Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip

2026-10-20 10:54 UTC

Induction can have the crown as soon as appliance designers stop giving them infuriating capacitive touch controls that are a fundamentally bad input method for a fucking stove. Give them knobs. The UI nerd in me is so angry at the slow death of competent design as its cannibalized by marketing and branding people, and the penny pinchers they serve.

Replies (5)

@BorgDrone@feddit.nl 2026-10-20 13:21

Mine has knobs. It’s fucking great. It’s Bora professional 3.0

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@inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2026-10-20 13:28

I made the switch from gas to induction this year and had no issue finding models that had physical knobs.

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@herrvogel@lemmy.world 2026-10-20 11:48

The problem is not with the controls fundamentally, it’s with the low quality controls. A glass touch surface has merit: it’s extremely easy to clean and keep clean, you’re never gonna get boiling pasta juice in there and corrode the contacts or whatever. It’s just that the manufacturers use the worst, most pathetic sensors that stop working as soon as the surface gets slightly moist. My own induction stovetop is pretty bad in that regard, but my parents’ significantly more expensive one is perfectly fine. The control part of the glass surface never gets very hot either. Point is, it’s pretty good when done right. But they often don’t do it right.

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@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-20 14:41

Mine has knobs, that was one of my non-negotiables. The oven controls are touch, but I can lube with that.

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@TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 2026-10-21 05:56

Omg yes

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