I agree with just about everything you've said except for the first point about 360/rear view cameras. Not going to argue that they're not useful or don't improve safety because they genuinely are and do. But to me those changes feel more like a requirement for the necessary evil of newer cars having absolutely horrid visibility with your own two eyes in the name of safety. I have two old daily drivers (one from the 80s, one from the early 2000s) and I'm always blown away how claustrophobic I feel borrowing a newer car from a coworker or family member concerning the window belt lines / pillars. I've never felt the need for cameras in older cars because you have near perfect visibility at any angle and even behind me just by turning my head. The combination of higher ride height, pillars all around that feel like tree trunks, higher ratio of panel to window height on the doors/windshields, and worse rear visibility from the driver's seat gives me the impression that I'm driving around in a tank or troop carrier not a modern car.