> cloud computing I'd use anyone else for that very reason. The entire service with it's horrifically complicated click through dashboard just to confuse the customer into losing money.

I feel like this brand of sentiment is everywhere. Folks want things simple. We often figure out what we need to do to get by.

Over time we learn the reason for a handful of the options we initially defaulted through, find cause to use the options. Some intrepid explorers have enough broader context and interest to figure much more out but mostly we just set and forget, remembering only the sting of facing our own ignorance & begrudging the options.

This is why k8s and systemd are have such a loud anti-following.