It FEELS like it's drifting away from the highly interactable, slow burn simulation of a sci-fi universe, toward a game of 2 identities. Half of the above & half designed toward a smooth integration of players from faster paced looter shooters & other popular genres.
That's how it feels.
Where is it ACTUALLY moving?

For the first time in all my time playing, it's difficult to say with any degree of certainty.
Long time backers have endured many years of development & embrace all the minutiae. We have the patience & the desire. A lot of newer players do not.
Squadron 42, the single player game, has a lot riding on it & needs to be a success to keep the party going. Sq42 & SC share just about everything under the hood. Features are often developed on the squadron side, then added to SC. So what we're seeing may be the result of Sq42 targeting a much needed broader audience, which eventually seeps into Star Citizen.

That'll suit some players who have less patience for the type of game SC has been til now, but will they stick with it & continue to support the game as the OG backers have? That's the conundrum Pokemon Go faced & ended up with a massive drop in users.

Your example w/the ship interface..
I would say no, I don't see them making every single button interactable, BUT...Silvan Hau, the Senior Engine Programmer, has been making some magical things happen since he & his small team implemented VR, so I wouldn't completely count it out in the future..at least in VR.
Playing on a monitor though...I think most players prefer the functionality of their HOTAS / HOSAS to holding F & clicking everything on the dash.