Where is the pro-digital-control constituency hiding out? Surely the manufacturers wouldn’t be going so hard this way if market research bore out quite that degree of resistance.
Yes, at least in theory: I can remove gauges I don't care for, and have the ones I do care for instead.
However in my experience (mostly renting low-end cars so it might be a lot better on the higher end)
- the customisability is very limited, and usually does not have what I'm interested in
- digital screens are used as an excuse for completely worthless animations
- some of the digital readouts ridiculously low granularity / functionality, I've seen digital fuel jauges taking the entire height of the dashboard yet only having 8 segments, that's worse than even the most basic of fuel jauges from the 80s
Anyway like digital displays, I just wish they were more functional, and less shit.
Digital (dematerialised) controls however, are a whole other kettle of fish.