While it’s true that automakers are driving up their trim levels for margin purposes they also have to contend with supply chain complexity and legislative complexity.

So if 80% of people want automatic windows and 15% of the remaining don’t care one way or the other it makes sense for a carmaker to deprecate manual windows to remove a part set.

Similarly I don’t want a fancy av system in my car, but the law requires a backup camera so standardizing on a single screen powered by ever more complex av software only makes sense for the car maker.