You can use nano without having to read anything about nano. That might be the only thing that is better about it than vim, but it's a damn important thing.

it's basically a TUI notepad. It's there, it does one job and that's all there is to it

That's what the people who like it like about it.

That’s it’s job

What else is there for it to do?

nano is just... There when you need a text editor for something. Simple and purposeful

It has syntax highlighting and mouse support.