Some of my favorite old lenses are ancient K and M Pentax lenses. On the newer cameras, there's no choice - the only way to control the apeture is with the ring. You're stuck with it whether or not you like it, they were made before lenses had electronic contacts.

They work really well, you basically are stuck with manual or apeture priority mode. The canera has no way to control the lens apeture.

These are really old lenses. The A and later series can be controlled from the camera body or the ring, your choice.

At least you can still use them.

I suspect that newer lenses will probably tend more and more to be controlled by the camera body, it's a cost-saving measure.