Agreed, Very few seem to find Blender that intuative but it's free, and rightly or wrongly, those starting out on a 3d journey are going to be drawn to it for that reason.I don't get your beef about hotkeys though. As more features are added, you need to access them and quickest way I've seen is via that radial array in Maya/Blender or hotkeys. I use hotkeys all the time because it suits the pace I work at.