I like the Impulse Labs hob which has an unbroken surface and magnetic knobs that can be removed for cleaning.

This one is absolutely legit amazing, but the price, oof.

Dials are easy to pop off and clean behind. What sucks with the flat buttons is they wear out in 10 years now you get cleaning solution behind the plastic into the internals.

I think the parents are mostly talking about touch buttons below the glass though.

I am very pleased with my induction stove controls:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhZjqhs8314

So easy to control and to clean, I shudder at the thought of cleaning fat splashed physical dials/buttons.

Pull out my phone to turn on the heat on my stove ? A simple and satisfying mechanical motion that’s in my muscle memory since forever ? Hard to express how much I would hate that !