On the contrary, I did not not buy a car that works perfectly for me for a price I can afford because it uses touchscreen infotainment (and AC, argh). Mostly be

On the contrary, I did not not buy a car that works perfectly for me for a price I can afford because it uses touchscreen infotainment (and AC, argh). Mostly because all the cars have them. I can only suspect it's driven by cost saving (one screen vs all the mechanical buttons is likely cheaper when integrated into the same software system — a requirement for features customers do want, like starting up AC remotely), rather than customer demand.