I just today listened to the WP Weekly episode about SimplePie, and the discussion towards the end about the low bar for entry left a bad taste in my mouth. There were some pretty harsh comments made, and one even referring to the "dumbest users" being catered to by the new WP.com image widget. Quite a bit deal seemed to be made out of such a little thing.

I feel that there is a part of the WP community that is building an unhealthy resentment against the mainstream adoption of WordPress. For anyone who would prefer to continue working with a complex, difficult CMS with a much higher entry bar I suggest looking towards the products that well and truly cater to that already (Drupal, Joomla etc). Or just get over it and keep using WordPress the way you like to and not worry about someone else getting a new easy to use feature to play with.