What's more concerning is when you go to Burger King, try their touch screens and STILL end up with a McDonalds. Or go to a Byron burger, thinking by paying £10 for a burger that it'd be all special and gourmet and fancy, to find it's not that much nicer than what you get in Wetherspoons, I guess pretentiousness is expensive.
With the discussion at hand. There's appliances like washing machines that do it too and with NFC, so you can save your programs in your phone. I am in a half mind about it, for some things, it can be nice an styling, maybe like on my soundbar, plus as I have my keyboard and controllers near it, I can accident put something against it and push a button, I'd need my fingers to touch it. So in my set up, it's least convenient, as it is responsive too, plus I still have my soundbar remote, if I want actual buttons. I didn't like it on my old TV, especially as they weren't always clear when I am pressing. But the monitor I replaced it with, has a "joystick" control on it sitting at the bottom and tucked out of the way, which I think is a better option on a monitor that having buttons on the front or side (particularly if you're trying to eliminate a bezel as much as you can) or having some form of touch response. It is logical in how you use it. That I think is the sort of thing that should be the future with screens getting thinner and bezels becoming more non-existent.
I agree that they do have their place, but at least as a consumer, I have a choice where I end up spending my money and one phrase that Jeku used to say in discussions here, "speak with your wallet", which is a phrase that makes a lot more sense to me now that I've worked in customer services and dealing with complaints (just because somebody is unhappy, doesn't mean a lot in the grand scheme of things, but if a lot of people don't like it and don't spend their money, then they have to adapt). At the end of the day, people will design things to what they think people want, if we don't want them, we don't buy them and if they aren't selling well enough, then they have to go back to the drawing board. And manufacturers will often test the water with new concepts first before they go 'all in'. Hence I've seen ranges of products get released, that don't last long, but some that do. I doubt I'd get headphones with any touch controls, in fact, I am very happy with my HyperX's and doubt they'll get replaced for a long time.
A car with them, would not appeal to me at all, but then I am learning to ride a motorcycle within the next two months and planning on getting my bike within that time, so a car with touch controls will DEFINITELY not appeal to me, I cannot drive a car.
However, some people do like it, oddly. So as long as the market gives me stuff I want with buttons and them what they want with touch controls, I am indifferent. If they phase many forms of button controlled things, I might be miffed. ESPECIALLY if I have to use a touch screen keyboard, but I sincerely doubt they'd replace membrane or mechanical keyboards, but sit as an alternative. Mainly because feedback is essential for a lot of things, like touch typing as well as gaming. Image playing an FPS with just touch controls? I'd lose my mind.