Yes, this is me. I don't have the urge to dissect G+ further since we already get everything we want. While I may be among the very first group to use G+, I'm happy to not evolved with it, and I certainly don't need a doctorate in Genie+ology. After all, these are just amusement parks. There's no need to stress over a fun vacation.
If you are able to tell yourself you'll be back and quickly it's a different mindset than someone who is only able to say confidentially they'll be going this time, maybe another time in the future. There are absolutely people who go to Disney without much research, always been that way. There are differences in how that looks now with
Genie+/ILL as opposed to even FP+ days however.
Just pick the rides you want and get on them via Standby, VQ, Genie+ and/or iLL. You have multiple options to get on a ride at Disney, but only Standby or Express at Universal. Let's skip VIP tours for now since a typical guest wouldn't be interested in these.
I'm not quite certain if you realize how much you showed the complexity in Disney's system in the same breath as saying why we can't approach Disney like Universal.
You can't just pick the rides you want and decide to ride them via Standby, VQ, Genie+ or ILL and it's crazy TBH that you have all of those options
to familiarize yourself with which is part of the complaints with Disney's system. Universal will net you arguably on average have a higher chance of getting on an attraction you want and with less stress than at Disney. It's a bit like adding more lanes to a highway to ease traffic which often nets more traffic, more options does not mean less stress or more success. And when those options come with their own mini-bullet points underneath..
If a ride is operating via VQ only you need to first know what that means as in that's the only way to ride it, then you need to know how to join the queue, then you need to know the different drop times, then you need to work that in with your plans and be ready at a moment's notice for your group to be called, then you need to know that your group may not be called for that day thus no you can't just pick a ride and go on about your day. Rides can operate with both VQ and ILL to ride (I think new rides operate first on VQ only though) but both are contingent on knowing those two things, the rules around them, etc.
If a ride is operating with ILL first you need to know what that is and that it's separate from Genie+, then you need to know the rules surrounding ILL.
If a ride is operating on Genie+ you need to know what that is, that it's separate from VQ or ILL, you need to know the rules surrounding that as well.
Standby luckily is self-explanatory.
"after all these are just amusement parks"...say that part a few times out loud and it's a bit clear that for a theme park, like many of us have said, it's overly complicated and each new system Disney introduces just increases this complexity. I think people would love to have a very simple way of touring "just an amusement park" unfortunately that often isn't how Disney likes it. And to your point about it being a fun vacation, for enough people that's what sucks the fun out of it all.