In the wake of your message I sent several questions to the support :
- Will those buttons be the default ones from now on?
- Are they double shot?
- Will you provide pots too?
Their answer (I asked if I could share it, they do not mind):
- "We will within a couple of months have a different button design available in our spare part shop.
- They will not be the default button caps on the machines, we still want to keep the original design of the products.
- They are not double shot, they are similar to the original design.
- We will not have a different design of knob caps, these will still only have one option."
So, pretty good news overall. It’s not too hard to source non-rubberized pots. And double shot would have made them last longer, but anything’s better than the default ones.
A bit disappointed that they double down on the original design, but it is what it is.