It's no longer an empty box with a hole, now it's filled with complex circuitry and fancy sensors and screens.

True that. That's what digital photos require. And anyone who wants to be a seriously taken business, never takes a step back but only tries to add more features that are considered modern day tech and what they think the users want. Fortunately though for people like us, old camera enthusiasts, there still are old cameras to play with and new film available.

and when they do try to "style" something it always looks like a bunch of awkward lines drawn by someone not too sure how to use Autocad.

Exactly! 😆