I find them cool. But if they become unusable in freezing weather or kill people because of an overcomplex emergency release from the inside?...

I knew. A guy with a fully shaved mr2 (yes that means no door handles). Doors opened with a remote to operate the latch. He also had a cable run down under the side skirt, so if it failed you could manually pull the cable to get the door oprn. This was put together by a 24 year old in school, not some "genius"

I had a 1989 Ford Probe without a handle that stuck out like a typical car. It was recessed instead.

Better for fuel efficiency, which was also the intention of these stupid flush mount ones Tesla has been fawning over. But these were still manual door handles designed 40ish years ago...

At least they work as a quick visual cue that a car is designed with zero utilitarians in the room