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It's good to hear, but it's not only about emulator core itself, it's also about UI/UX of the shell. Duckstation's interface and options are quite intuitive and easy to use. I remember Retroarch being a bit confusing/unfriendly last time I tried it, but it was so long ago, that it might not be the case anymore.
Similar for me. Something wasn't working and it took me a while to figure out that some issue was preventing the settings from saving/loading properly.
I guess it kinda is. Some choices are a bit... peculiar.
I've just been using it for so long I have no concept of how it reads getting into it for the first time.
It can also be used as a bit of a behind-the-scenes engine in some emulation wrappers, which I guess sort of works around that issue, but hey, that's definitely a valid concern. Retroarch makes sense if you emulate a ton of systems and want a consistent experience across the board, and it has some nice shared features across all cores, but all of that definitely comes with some complexity.