> Like I know you can add plugins, tweak css to your liking, and basically turn obsidian into an all-encompassing monstrosity to match your particular software kink, but the 80/20 of it all is really pretty basic to anybody who has ever used a personal computer.

Probably org-mode envy ;-)

(To be clear, it's the same story - using simple plain org-mode is easy, but some people love to customize like crazy)