I love the esthetics of original Star Wars and so I really enjoyed the recent Andor series but if you try to figure how some of those control panels are supposed to do something it’s quite amusing. Four big colored buttons with two switches I suppose can give you enough functions to run a military base.

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kps · 1d ago

“Increased engagement by 350%”

xnx · 1d ago

Designers deserve a lot of blame for allowing things to get so bad, but the ultimate responsibility is on the customer.

If no one bought this stuff, or returned it when they did, this could end tomorrow.

IAmBroom · 1d ago

You're suggesting they return a car when they don't like the interface?

There's a few thousand dollars up in smoke.

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