What issues do nontechnical people have with Confluence that are easier in just Markdown? The typical gripes are around search and organization, not editing. Markdown would be seen as a massive downgrade in experience.

> What issues do nontechnical people have with Confluence that are easier in just Markdown?

Your claim that I was responding to is that "everything Just Works" in Confluence, not that Markdown is easier. I have commented on neither Markdown nor their relative ease.

> The typical gripes are around search and organization, not editing.

That would seem to contradict both that everything Just Works and that you have never heard nenontechnical people complain about it.

> I have commented on neither Markdown nor their relative ease.

Unfortunately, you've inserted yourself into a conversation where this is what we're talking about. If you want to talk about something else, maybe start your own thread.

The point of contention here is that Atlassian's wiki is far easier for nontechnical people to deal with than pure markdown and git. And yes, from their perspective, it Just Works. They never wrangle with syntax, there's a massive plugin ecosystem for custom features, and version history works out of the box.

> this is what we're talking about.

You have lost your own plot then. This is not about Markdown:

> I have never heard nontechnical people complain about the Confluence wiki. From their perspective, everything Just Works.