because it’s much further away. if you have your desktop adapted to be keyboard-driven, things that are far apart in 2d space may be very close in logical user-event space. same holds here. moving a single finger and clicking usually requires much less movement. and movements compound.
and your observation is not at all universal. moving a vehicle is much easier via a mapping to a more abstract control, as opposed to controls resembling the effector. this abstract control also fits many vehicles. the same is true for all sorts of controls.
and your observation is not at all universal. moving a vehicle is much easier via a mapping to a more abstract control, as opposed to controls resembling the effector. this abstract control also fits many vehicles. the same is true for all sorts of controls.