WHENEVER NEW ELECTRONIC technology is used to replace age-old mechanical systems, it is standard form for traditionalists to suck their teeth and mutter about how they "wouldn't like to be responsible for paying the bill when it goes wrong".
Those folk would get wildly agitated by my Ford Mustang Mach-E's door-opening system, which eschews traditional handles for a push button, on top of giving you the option to use a numerical combination lock located in the door frame. It has attracted plenty of such comments - particularly among those whose patience has been tested by trying to relearn how to get into a car.
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