I can't speak for anyone else, but what keeps me flying isn't the pleasure of having a powerful, complex machine, top avionics and general luxury (obviously ) but the pleasure of having and using skills.
You speak for me, too.
Don't get me wrong (recalling the great GPS debate...), I've always agreed with IO540 that things should be made as enjoyable and safe as possible.
I am sure that you mean "things should be made as enjoyable and
reasonably safe as possible". There are any number of potential initiatives that would provide insignificant improvements to safety, while adversely affecting the cost and pleasure of flying (those stupid high-viz. vests are a trivial but apt example). The only way to ensure complete safety is to remain on the ground; having accepted that that proposition is untenable, everything else is a question of balance and risk management.