It’s interesting to see these rollers popping up some more, especially with two posts about them in such a short period of time(lemmy.world/post/4760068?scrollToComments=true). They’re much better than the normal rotary encoders and I’ve enjoyed using mine a lot. Though sourcing them is unfortunately a bit tricky (and thus on the more expensive side).
I’m currently making a new board using the Nintendo Switch joysticks to replace them, I’m curious how the two compare.