India, May 15 -- The simple answer is, at the risk of a spoiler alert. Yes. There may well be two sides to this coin, but the intention of tech's infusion in the cars we buy now, and will increasingly buy in the years to come, has become a hindrance rather than objectively useful. There was a time when car buying was simpler. Your checklist likely included how comfortable the seats were, ample legroom, power windows and rear parking sensors, and some nice-to-haves such as automatic climate control, and a music system. Then you stretched your budget attempting to buy a trim that's a notch higher in terms of price, because it had that touchscreen music system instead of one with physical buttons and a small scroll display. The good old days...