I think it's been this way for awhile now on other cars, but it's been a some years since I've driven a regular auto BMW. The only experience I have driving the cars with the newer shifter was at M Track Days. It seems to me that the park button is in kind of an awkward spot. You have to contort your thumb down a bit to get to it. I suppose this keeps you from accidentally pressing it, but I can't say it's ever a problem I had in the past. Anyone know about the design? I suppose you just get used to it.
This location seemed find to me.
Now it's here: