Ethereum just got on Coinbase where you can use dollars to buy it. I think it will be hard to get Steem into a situation where people can trade Steem Dollars for real dollars just as easily. I think there is an equilibrium that would be messed up if a large group of people only start to earn Steem Dollars and not Steem power. On the surface things could look better and easier, but it could cause unexpected valuation problems. Maybe easy mode could just be a way to view Steemit where simple explanations of just about everything are just a click away? Your main point about all 3 Steem cryptos being complex and confusing could be corrected with some easily accessible non-techie explanations.
My latest post is here: https://steemit.com/ethereum/@bitcoinmeister/the-ethereum-classic-coin-the-free-market-s-answer-to-the-hard-fork