Sam, I hope you’re right, but there are definitely people taking it seriously.
FWIW, my rav assers Shabbos elevators, no matter the technology, because of zilzul Shabbos, and this is obviously much worse.
Did you read the Chazon Ish I linked? He disagrees with your assertion that something is fine if there were no issurim. This would obviously be much different than lights or a/c.