I'm with you and not a good representative of the target market for keyless fobs. slovette and aetherspawn give good use cases for some benefits. I still ask how much of a real-world problem to be solved was sticking a physical key into a steering column? What were the stated goals for developing NFC ignition fobs en re drivers, manufacturers, and the automotive industry?(1)

Apart from inevitable consequences like from this article, are benefits outweighing other intended, unintended, and inevitable consequences like these for most people?

  - Forgetting car keys more often per new learned behaviors
  - Fob batteries dying 
  - Replacing lost / broken fobs is more costly in time, money, and hassle 
  - Leaving fobs in the car more often

(1) Understood keyless entry / alarm / remote starting are clear benefits