**Of course. Like my new refrigerator. My old 'fridge required a 6 monthly defrost, which meant that I had to pull all the stuff out and dig away at the ice. That's 2 hours every six months. My new 'fridge does not require defrosting. Or my car. I NEVER have to adjust the timing, the carby of pretty much anything else. It starts, every time, rain, hail or shine or on the coldest mornings. My old car (which was pretty much the same thing) would hesitate and stall on cold days, required constant attention and consumed vastly more fuel. The addition of moden, complex technology has revolutionised automobiles.
Modern, complex technology is not only helpful, but essential to our daily life.
Sylvia's problem with her oven could have been solved, had she connected the electric portion of the oven to her petrol generator. In fact, the electric portion consumes so little power, than a car battery and a small DC-AC inverter could have been used. Sylvia has the technical abilities to manage this task with consumate ease.
IOW: It was a non-problem. She was just having a whinge.