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I prefer digital gauges to physical ones, primarily because I can customize which ones are displayed. For example, on my previous car, roughly 40% of the cluster was populated by a tachometer that is totally unnecessary for the underpowered, automatic econobox it was in.

I still prefer physical controls over digital ones, which seemed to be conflated in your comment. I think this preference bears out in the market as well, since we're seeing some car manufacturers bring back physical controls for certain tasks.

On the other hand, there's also the blatantly counter-consumer choices that also suggest that simply ignoring what people want isn't out of the question. See GM's removal of mobile integration, Mazda's rejection of touchscreens, etc.