More or less. The chairs are hostile to stop you from getting too comfortable. I've had 6 hour layovers before and had to sleep in those terrible chairs under fluorescent lights. On the last flight I took there was barely any good near my gate, there were like 4 bars instead. You can't leave your luggage anywhere, so you're dragging it all over the place. You get jammed like sardines into the plane, and you can't stretch your legs. You can't really relax because you have to stay abreast of announcements, in case they change your gate or cancel your flight or what have you. Everyone is on edge. Et cetera.

On the train there's more room, you can move around, and the atmosphere is more relaxed.

Some people like planes. I saw an HN comment where someone said they took lots of "flights to nowhere" over COVID and used the plane as their office. I don't understand that at all. But to each their own.

I will say the views are unbeatable.