Why do cars keep getting worse every year?
Before, you had air conditioning controls, and radio/CD/etc.
Now, everything has to connect to a smartphone and have a giant-ass touchscreen.
I can understand using new technology for useful things like safety features, but I don't want my car to have built-in wireless vibrating dildo controls or a fidget spinner app. Where does it end?
People expect their cars to be extensions of their homes/offices now. Electronic everything, connected, always engaged and entertained. There's nothing you can do to stem the tide, technology marches on. If you want to be a Luddite go buy a Lotus Exige or a pre-2000 car that barely even has power anything. No one's forcing you to buy a modern car.
Every car is now required to have a backup camera now. So since they are forced to have a screen they integrate controls to cut costs.