Bitcoin isn't easy to understand and it all depends on what the person is trying to accomplish.  If they are simply looking to purchase something using bitcoin then setting up a Coinbase account/wallet would be fine.  If they are actually trying to learn about bitcoin and how it works, as well as use proper practices, then they need to learn things like how to use a hardware wallet ( which is NOT difficult to use) as well as the fact that bitcoin is NOT anonymous. 

I simply can't agree with your findings here at all.  I think you're off base with how you're trying to approach these things.  Stop being lazy is my answer to much of this. Educate yourself so that you know how to do things properly.