Like it or not, it is golden standard. Streamlined like hell and makes getting into modding a childs play, both visually and mechanically. Only when you start going deep into mods does Vortex shit a brick.

They really should add option of unlocking manual order of mods and for me, that would be it. Sadly last I heard they said no.

Edit: Also you still can bypass automatic load order by entering manual value for mod, they do have that option...but I found it's behaving kinda quirky, so still would prefer simple drag and drop. Also uses 16 base which for most users will be offputting.

Also also you can add reqs to load something after something else, but that works as long as first mod doesn't need special place.