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If I forget to change the default editor in Debian and Nano pops up, I have to consult a search engine how to exit it. Just like other people do for Vim, except that Nano's interface is horrible.

It is a weird decision, much like shipping Exim as the default MTA.

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If you're googling how to exit nano you're blind. The one thing nano does right with its defaults is to list all the common bindings at the bottom of the screen

^X is …?

It totally obviously means shift + 6 + X.

Too bad that doesn’t exit the program.

Macs in 2022 have an extra ^ on the correct button.

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