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I am here to tell you that america communists are wildly out of touch with the consumption tastes of the average Chinese public.
Not that we aren't right to be cynical about our own engineers achieving the same results as Chinese manufacturing.
Touchscreens are ludicrously dangerous interfaces for cars that have basically only proliferated because of techbro dipshits mucking about with things they don't understand. Cars need fixed controls that provide physical feedback and which don't require reading or light to operate. Like that's not a matter of taste, that's a basic "this is usable and safe" thing.
You are being idealistic and giving into American exceptionalism.
However much you or I hate it, it is a matter of taste. Interfaces can be made to work intuitively, touch screen phones prove you do not need to have fixed analog buttons, and screen brightness is easy to program to adjust automatically. Our shit doesn't work because tech bros are addicted to a million unneeded features and menus. If you are just looking for a style you can vastly simplify your interface and limit your options to what is strictly nessecery. Most Chinese people will not be driving these kinds of teched-out cars.
I think it's ugly as sin, and I hope it is a passing trend, but that doesn't mean this stuff is impossible to do well. It just means we can't do it well.
Touch screens aren't better or safe just because China is doing it. It may appeal to the Chinese market. Doesn't matter; still bad.