I guess it depends on how you use stuff. I'm the sole driver of my car, so I only have to set up one set of preferences, after which I don't need to use the touchscreen very often when driving. Those preferences include setting the temperature I want inside the car, and then leaving the system on Auto to do its job. Thereafter, I only need to intervene if the windscreen needs demisting, and there's a physical button on the headlight control panel for that. I've never touched the unlit sliders underneath the screen; can't see the need to. Of course, when winter comes, I'll need to heat my seat; I'll have to see if the voice command button on the wheel will do that for me.
I've paired my phone via Apple Carplay, so use the phone apps rather than native ones. From there, I can use Siri for most of the inputs I want (change radio station, make a phone call, set up a destination etc). Mostly I only use the touchscreen in CarPlay if I want to alter the view from dashboard to one specific app.
There is, of course, the thorny issue of the assists menu, and the requirement to toggle the ones I don't want running off every time I switch on (stop/start, lane assist etc) but I just think of those as my pre-flight checks before driving off. Once they're done, they're done.