You know, I've been on both sides of this. I used to feel that way, like why not dd? And lately I've come to really value tools that don't force me to think at all.

I'm FULLY aware that this premise has enabled the vast majority of garbage software that exists, but I think perhaps it's good to remember that we can have software that is both "very very mindlessly good" and "absolutely also respects users," Syncthing comes to mind here.