Anecdotically, I was talking to an acquaintance who decided to pick up R as a replacement for excel for data analysis and they were positively blown away by the

Anecdotically, I was talking to an acquaintance who decided to pick up R as a replacement for excel for data analysis and they were positively blown away by the possibilities opened by the new mindset that came with programming. So yes, maybe these "relatively unskilled users" will struggle for a few weeks/months, but it will be a net positive change as many of them will see immense benefit after some tinkering.