That's a good in-universe reason, i was more joking that the two were being simply combined to get to the 430 "aligned with canon" number.If Starfleet ditches a lot of the automation, they are going to need more people to run the ship.
Yeah, I liked how in "Sounds of Thunder" Ryhs flicked two sets of buttons in a well practiced way to arm the photon torpedoes.The set looks very touch-screeny rather than the hybrid design on Discovery that has more physical switches and dials mixed with screens.