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Absolutely, it is a huge drawback, but the good part of it is that the user is less prone to accidentally fuck it up.
It's quite a trade-off, the more raw control you give to the end user, the more prone they are to breaking things. Of course, exceptions always apply, but in a "generic Joe" kind of user, it tends to follow that