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Sure. I don't know why they design most of them like that... I really can't be bothered to tap nine times to turn it on. I went to quite some stores and decided on one with two capacitive slider fields. That's perfectly fine. I just tap somewhere at that slider and it'll be 1-9 (boost) depending on how far left or right I touch it. Or I swipe. Main thing being, it just takes one tap. Except if I use more than 2 pans, then I have to choose which plate the sliders apply to. Yeah and it's still the same inconvenience as with every capacitive control field and you can't place a box of pizzas or anything wet or metal on top of the controls or it'll complain and start beeping. I learned to place things behind the controls, but guests regularly get scolded by the cooktop.
If I had to make a wild guess as to why it's designed that way? Cleaning flat buttons seems way easier than cleaning knobs. And no moving parts. Maybe more resilient (can be made with cheaper parts) considering the flimsy electronics that would be underneath the knobs compared to the more industrial (robust?) kind under an electric range.
They could do it like I mentioned mine does? A slider is just a slightly larger touch sensitive area. I guess there are other elements on touch devices we could take inspiration from. And one company has these magnetic knobs. You can just take them off and you're left with a flat glass surface. The majority of the industry seems pretty set on the buttons, however.