I tend to agree with the idea. A lot of the gadgets my LEAF came with are of no interest to me, such as bluetooth, the satellite radio, and so on. I rarely use the navigation, because I can't go anywhere in my short-range LEAF that isn't already familiar to me. And the LEAF is relatively primitive compared to the gadgets cars are coming with now. To me, more gadgets means more things to break and need fixing.
Not that it will ever happen, but I'd like to see all phone connection devices, and phone usage of any kind by drivers, banned. The distraction caused by phone calls or texting is still considerable even when using the "hands-free" methods; it is the thinking about the phone/text that is a big distraction from paying attention to one's driving, according to the research I've read.
Which makes me a Luddite by today's standards, I suppose.