Yes, even though I never use photoshop and used Gimp for over 15 years it's a frustrating UI. I dislike it. Non destructive editing is a big upgrade though.
I also use Photopea from time to time. Can recommend.
If only a mad man would make a Photopea/Photoshop clone open source, then everyone (who has the skills) would be able to not only use a decent open source image editor, but one that can be fully customized to your needs.