What primary economic factor drives the near-universal adoption of digital screens around 2008?

Digital screens became cheaper to manufacture than complex analog systems

The widespread acceptance of the full digital dashboard as a standard feature, rather than an expensive, limited option, seems to have crystallized around 2008. Observers attribute this shift not necessarily to a sudden technological leap in driver preference alone, but primarily to manufacturing economics. At this point, mass-produced digital screens had become substantially less expensive to source and implement compared to manufacturing intricate and complex traditional analog gauge systems. This cost efficiency allows manufacturers to order screens in bulk and use standardized software and graphics platforms, like those utilized in BMW's 6WB dashboard or VW's Virtual Cockpit across MQB/MLB platforms, thereby streamlining cost accounting processes significantly.