@soatok I wish I was surprised but no this entirely tracks. PGP in general and GnuPG specifically are the masters of “that's not a bug, you're just holding it wrong”.
To which I will just quote Maxim 62 of Schlock Mercenary:
“Anything labeled "This end toward enemy" is dangerous at both ends.”
To wit, if you can hold it wrong it's dangerous even if held right. Cryptography is too important to only be available in dangerous tools.