That's not exactly what I said though. For Java in particular, is it Oracle JDK or OpenJDK, what's the difference, and why should I care? The latter is the same sentiment of the person I responded to. I don't care, but I'm presented with the different options depending upon which Clojure install guide I am following.

It's really the experience in totality. There are choices, but for someone new to the Java ecosystem, it's confusing why and why should I care. Because in the end, I don't care. I just want to use Clojure, but there's decisions to be made at every step of getting going that aren't clear to someone new to the ecosystem.

This same thing happened with .NET as well. At one point in time, there was .NET Framework, .NET Core, and Mono and a question of how to get F# in all that. That was just as, if not more so, confusing. However, it's since been cleared up: install .NET 6 or higher.