i'm also convinced that people saying "Mastodon is confusing" have to be lying
let's say you start from joinmastodon.org: they have "Join Mastodon.social" as the default if you don't want to worry or learn about instances. and then a fairly basic sign-up process follows. maybe one extra click vs Bluesky. yeah, *really* confusing /s
and then the Mastodon app is just as simple. again, mastodon.social provided as the default
just like "bsky.social" is the default domain when using Bluesky