Activating with digital voice modes?

I recognise the advantage to some parties of promoting new modes, new features and new models. Andy, you and I already discussed this principle w.r.t. Yaesu’s replacement models for my FT-1D.

Having worked for commercial electronics companies most of my life, I understand why manufacturers do this and need to do it. But for this reflector and this topic I’m looking only from an end-user’s point of view.