Some things are being taken too far, imo. I think all controls being moved to touch screens in cars make them objectively worse. A touch screen requires the driver take their eyes off the road, while knobs, buttons, and switches can all be done by feel. I hope we eventually see things return to a more logical balance.
Phone size is another one. I get it, people want their phone to be their only device, and that makes them want a big screen to do more stuff... but for me, a phone should be sized to a human hand. If I can't do everything with one hand, or they need to add software features to compensate for the size of the hardware, it's a failure. I do wonder how much price comes into play. If someone is only going to have one device, because that's all they can afford, it's going to be a phone.
In both of these cases, the technology seems to forget about the humans that need to use these things.
From a repairably point of view, older devices are easier to understand and built to be repairable, where modern devices are cheap and complex (or proprietary), which leads to more waste. This can also be considered worse. That complexity can make for a better product during its serviceable life, but that life may be much shorter. So we have to weigh the improvement of the product against the cost of replacement. Not only the cost in terms of money, but also cost in terms of the environmental impact.
Sometimes it is worth taking a step back to make sure we are taking a thoughtful approach to technology and improvement, to make sure it makes sense and we're not just doing it because we can. I think some people, especially in silicon valley, forget how normal people live and are too wrapped up in technology for technology's sake.