Yeah, many of the people commenting there just don't get it (but are convinced they do).
What surprised me is all the people chiming in the comments saying that, yes, what Porsche are doing sounds fine to them. It sounds like a deal-breaker to me. I've been driving my Roadster for almost four years now, and the way Tesla set up regen works incredibly well. I like having all the motor control (including regen) on one pedal, and brake control on the other. It's very natural, gives me perfect control, and I've never felt any desire for any adjustment settings or alternate modes. Now Porsche comes along and says that's all wrong? That's pretty tough for me to swallow.
Same, although the proof of the pudding is in the driving and it's possible Porsche might not be complete idiots. I think the question is whether the reason for the choice is that they're terrified to make it drive like anything other than one of their gasmobiles for fear of freaking out old-time Porsche customers, or if they've fully embraced the characteristics of the EV platform and are making choices they think are objectively best for driving, period.
One thing that occurs to me is that my Model S gives me at most 60 kW of deceleration when I lift off. The Taycan says it can give me 265 kW. That is a lot more. The accelerator pedal only has a certain amount of play in it -- I don't know how much, let's just say 5 cm for the sake of discussion, and let's say the brake pedal also has 5 cm of play. If you put all the regen on the accelerator pedal, you have 5 cm worth of input to signal the car how much of that 265 kW of deceleration,
plus the however many kW of acceleration, you want it to deploy. If you put the regen on the brake pedal, you get 5 cm of control input for regen (plus friction brakes) and 5 cm for acceleration, 10 cm total. There's an argument to be made that it does, indeed, create the potential for finer control.
Also, as far as I can tell my Model S doesn't apply the full available regen instantly, no matter how fast I lift off the accelerator. It fades it in. Presumably if you put regen on the brake pedal, the driver has the ability to signal the car "I want all the regen and I want it
now!" Of course, if fading in the regen is for electrical reasons and not UI reasons, this is irrelevant, but if it's a UI choice, it provides more options.
Only a road test will settle the matter. In any case, I continue to be quite happy with the choices Tesla made and even if my speculation above is accurate, I suspect the decision on Tesla's part to Keep It Simple, Stupid with the brake pedal is one that will stand the test of time.