What do you mean? Seriously, do you believe that NOT having all the automatic conveniences keeps people from texting and talking on their phones? If anything, I'm all FOR all these additional nannies, because folks don't have the common sense to pay attention to what's happening around them. Normally I'd say let Darwin's Rule take care of em', but in this case they have a strong chance of hurting others who just might actually be trying to drive properly.
Besides, none of that stuff is really bad for you. It's safety gear for the most part (except for the auto climate control- which arguably MIGHT be, if you consider it keeps your hands off the controls and on the wheel, along with your eyes, at least if it works right). I already posted a similar reply to an anti-DRL supporter over on the GMInsideNews forums recently- believe it or not, those headlights really DO make your vehicle more visible in many situations. As I said there, I am from the eastern part of West Virginia, in the mountains. In situations where it's fairly bright outside but cars can be coming at you out of shadowed areas, your pupils tend to adjust for the bright areas, and the contrast means that the dark areas lose visibility (cars disappear in the shade). DRLs, even though they operate at less than even low beam power outputs, are clearly visible in these situations.
As far as the trucks with one eye out, I agree. But that's not for running the lights too much. More like GM not planning ahead with a design that either used much longer life bulbs or secondary lights that use less energy (and less likely to burn out). Other than my 04 Silverado, I haven't had a single vehicle burn out the DRLs (03 Trailblazer, 04 Silverado, 04 Malibu, 05 Terraza, 07 Trailblazer, 07 Avalanche, and 08 Malibu- yeah, a LOT, dangit.. gotta kick the habit).