Maybe pip should not work by default (but python -m venv then pip install should)
All of a sudden you have people with C problems, who have no idea they're even using compiled dependencies.
It's not really much of a counterargument to say that Python is good enough that you don't have to care what's under the hood, except when it breaks because C sucks so badly.
I never experienced CPython itself segfault, it's always due to some package.
The point is the same - we had it simpler and now, with all capabilities for automation, we have it more complex.
Frankly, I suspect most of the efforts now are spent fighting non-essential complexities, like compatibilities, instead of solving the problem at hand. That means we create problems for ourselves faster than removing them.