A slight difference though. If a newbie picks up grandpa's chisel, it doesn't get glued onto their hand until they google the three magic words they must shout to make the chisel come off.
Maybe it's better to say the tool has sharp edges that if you aren't familiar with it, can bite you. But with a bit of practise and some knowledge you can master it.
Of course it is possible that one might not think of using ctrl+c, but that's lacking general shell knowledge, not vim knowledge.
The beginning screen of vim tells you how to exit.
If you do C-c, as normally is the case with TUI programs, Vim also tells you how to leave.
The "I don't know how to exit Vim" is a bit overplayed.
Restart your computer if all else fails