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https://www.qwant.com/?q=why+doesn%27t+linux+automatically+mount+drives&t=web
'It's your fault for choosing the wrong distro' 'skill issue' 'pebkac'. - yeah ok
If you aren't enthused you shouldn't use the enthusiast option.
No, what they're saying is that you plug in the USB cable, open the file manager and click on the drive in the sidebar. That's all the skill that should be involved.
Of course, there's going to be situations where this doesn't work for whatever reason, but I can't say I've ever seen it.