Techokami

And some clip or something on mine has broken on the front casing where that keypad sits, so every time I push one of those buttons, the entire panel squarshes inwards a few millimeters in a very unsatisfying way

OR. If you're lucky, you get a touchpad about as responsive as a barely functioning convenience store kiosk. The options are truly endless 🩷

Honestly, kitchens are probably the one place where you can kinda justify membrane keypads (b/c spill resistance + cheap), so it doesn't surprise me too much that they've held on.

that said my current microwave has a rotary encoder dial and i love that aspect enough to tolerate its lack of beeper mute and busted turntable.

Literally one company makes all the microwaves sold in the US to spec for brands to slap their names on. Not sure about other countries. My new one doesn't have a membrane keypad but it's like... doesn't act like a phone's touch screen, so I'm not sure what it is, other than mediocre.

the best microwaves are the generic white ones supermarkets sell for £40. two dials: power and time. i don’t know why anyone would touch the first one

mine's got two knobs, and instead of the loud beep it has a cute little bell