Not to overstretch the metaphor, but it's not that black and white. Something as simple-seeming as manual shifting on your car can change your experience of driving completely, making you much more aware and attentive of what's really going on between your ass and the road. It makes you a real part of the vehicle's decision making process. (The description I like is "It's like having a conversation with your car.")
And that from what seems like a trivial change, just a single extra degree of freedom; one that most find just an annoyance. To bring it back around, it's possible to bridge the gap, providing a powerful and easy-to-use interface. But it will probably mean a lot of your users asking rightly, "But couldn't you just do that for me?"
The appropriate answer is something like, "Yeah. I could also just go to the store and get your groceries for you, and you'd never have to leave the house. Do you want to be cargo, or do you want to drive?"
And that from what seems like a trivial change, just a single extra degree of freedom; one that most find just an annoyance. To bring it back around, it's possible to bridge the gap, providing a powerful and easy-to-use interface. But it will probably mean a lot of your users asking rightly, "But couldn't you just do that for me?"
The appropriate answer is something like, "Yeah. I could also just go to the store and get your groceries for you, and you'd never have to leave the house. Do you want to be cargo, or do you want to drive?"