I feel the same way, and it seems we are losing the beauty and usability of real switches and knobs. Almost all cars now seem to only have touch screen - even touch handles! (looking at you Tesla). How are you suppose to do something basic like change the radio station or adjust the hvac when you're driving?
But even just every day appliances it seems things are slowly going to full touch screens now or touch buttons. It's just not the same imo. I know why they do it though... to save costs. But they still charge us more for it.
That drives me absolutely nuts. I drove my dad's Tesla around for a while after he died and there were many things I loved about that car but I absolutely hated the dashboard. It had absolutely no switches, buttons or indicators at all on the dash, everything controlled via a huge touch screen that looks like an afterthought, like someone just bolted a big iPad to the middle of the dash and called it good. Trying to adjust the temperature, turn on the seat heaters, adjust the mirrors or even manually control the wipers requires digging around in menus on a touchscreen or figuring out what voice command is needed to open the menu you want, it is a recklessly dangerous design.
My car on the other hand has physical switches, sliders and knobs for everything, they're laid out logically and have different shapes so I can operate everything by feel without taking my eyes off the road. Physical switches cost money but there is enormous value in tactile feedback. I think touch screens in cars ought to be banned, it is impossible to operate a touchscreen by feel, you HAVE to take your eyes off the road, often for a dangerous amount of time. They are hugely distracting, as dangerous as being drunk, and yet everyone is flocking to them. Car makers tout them as "modern" and "clean" but the real reason they push them is that they are cheap.
These old buttons linked above are gorgeous, something like them would be great for the dash of a car.