This strikes me as an unjustifiably harsh/absolutist conclusion based on a tiny sample. Reality is more complicated. For some things (e.g., turning on blinkers

This strikes me as an unjustifiably harsh/absolutist conclusion based on a tiny sample. Reality is more complicated. For some things (e.g., turning on blinkers, turning on a windshield wiper), a physical control may be the best choice. For other things (e.g., scanning the map of an area, configuring trunk opening height), a touch screen may be the best choice. And for yet other things (e.g., choosing a destination, finding a charging station), a voice command may be the best choice. Finally, if we ever get fully-conversational self-driving cars at some point in the future, most physical controls may become unnecessary. For now, I'm OK having a modest number of physical controls for common everyday tasks and a touch-screen and voice commands for all other tasks.