Most VW cars have plenty of buttons and levers on the steering wheel. It’s really not that bad. Except for the fuckup with the touch/swipe buttons on the steering wheel in some cars, lol. I personally like a good mixture of well placed and functional buttons and a touchscreen. The former for primary and secondary features that are frequently used while driving, and the latter for scrolling through settings/playlists and navigation.

If you can achieve the same thing with one single tap instead of going through what the OP has to, then yes.

And depending on how many buttons there are, chances are you have to look at the buttons too.

SmartTube has Sponsorblock integrated by the way.

IronFox is on F-Droid. That where I got it from at least