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Visual Studio, Jetbrains, if you happen not to have a fast internet connection and SSD can take a long time.


Having to wait an hour for a download/install to complete is completely different from requiring an hour of browsing stackoverflow to figure out why the CLI install instructions given aren't working on your device.


You're not exactly wrong, but are we not still comparing to "turn computer on, get BASIC prompt" (C64), or "turn computer on, type 'qbasic', hit enter"?


Installing Android Studio over a slow connection was a real PITA.




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