You need to either adapt your playing technique or just get a different guitar that suits your technique.
People complain about turning the knobs inadvertently on Strats too, but other people adjust to it and have no issue. Some people probably love the new knobs on the T5z.
As far as markings on the knobs.. you should not need to look at your knobs to adjust them while playing. If you get used to the guitar enough you won't, so markings become pointless.
I totally agree with you on the ultra low friction knobs though. PRS uses them too, and I don't like them, so don't own a PRS. Low friction knobs has nothing to do with "high end", it's just a choice, and it seems like most of the market for electric guitars has decided they are not preferred for a very long time. Pots are super cheap too, so it's not like low friction is somehow indicative of a really expensive pot.
But somebody at Taylor must like those low friction pots. Weird choice though since they don't use them on ES2, ES-B, etc..