org-mode sounds nice, but I've tried it and it's complicated and annoying. I hate how it folds everything as a default, so that when you open a file it's folded

org-mode sounds nice, but I've tried it and it's complicated and annoying. I hate how it folds everything as a default, so that when you open a file it's folded and the content isn't visible. I know I can change this somewhere but not having sane defaults is irritating.