All of the old editors are horrible. Nano, vi, emacs... sure they might be conveniently placed, but are a pain to learn. This one is a vast improvement https://micro-editor.github.io/
If you don't want the power, or don't need the tool, fine. I get that.
But calling vi terrible, is like complaining that a sledgehammer is terrible, because you want to hang a picture, and that's all you have.
I started with pico and moved to nano.