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`then` is definitely less intuitive than `map` considering that you actually want to, well, map to something else.

Semantically, `then` would be equivalent to `ifPresent`, but, well, then both are intuitive.

Nothing is intuitive on its own. Intuitiveness is a property of the relation between a thing and and some subject. Whether `map` is more intuitive than `then` depends on that subject. Without assuming a target audience, it is futile to design a library to be intuitive. Intuitive is that, for which we already have built an intuition.

In UX, there is nothing intuitive, only familiar

Although have you seen that video of a chimpanzee browsing Instagram?

Or a parrot using zoom?

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