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by bottled_poe 3431 days ago
Of course users don't want anything complex, and if the resulting custom software makes a task more confusing and error-prone than a spreadsheet, the developers and designers have failed.

Instead, I read this comment as meaning a few different things:

1. It is difficult to get users to try something different.

2. Most users don't comprehend the limitations of the software with which they are already familiar.