[gklitt]

(post author here)

Yes, it's absolutely great to have a "low floor" -- common use cases should be easy to do, without needing to learn a ton up front. But, hiding the structure is not the only way to achieve that!

For example: a microwave could have presets like "we recommend cooking a potato with this power for this time. If it's undercooked, try higher power, but avoid max power because XYZ."

The simple use cases should guide the user while building up a coherent mental model. If there are fancier sensors being used, those could be explained and exposed to the user directly.

Otherwise you end up with no path to further learning. If I have no idea how potato mode works, then I don't know when it applies or doesn't apply, I don't know how to adjust when it doesn't work well, and I don't know how it relates to the other modes at all.