Probably true, but ffmpeg seems to have a ton of features too. It seems to me that CLI apps are inherently better at not distracting you with things you don't n

Probably true, but ffmpeg seems to have a ton of features too. It seems to me that CLI apps are inherently better at not distracting you with things you don't need. A CLI flag that you don't use is invisible outside of the man pages, not so for a menu or toolbar of a zillion options with names and icons you don't understand.