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Originally Posted by Kent Walters
1) (This is subjective, I know)
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By design, the cap sense switches draw power while waiting to be touched, and, as implemented on the DR, that is whether the DR is ‘on’ or ‘off.’ Whether this is the major cause of drain or not, is, to me, a moot point; it is draining the battery, and I want to stop it.
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IF the drain is insignificant, then why would you care? Most small electronic devices don't really turn "off" these days. As long as the capacitive buttons are not a major source of power loss (which we don't know), then does it really matter? At that point, it's just a subjective preference of whether you like capacitive buttons or not. Obviously, you do not.
If they are a major source, then I absolutely agree that it was a terrible design decision. I just don't think we really know enough to make that determination yet.