i too would recommend defining aliases. if not for UX reasons, for brevity and consistency. i use the same (short) commands for pacman as for apt or yaourt.
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h or the left arrow - will move you left one character
j or the up arrow - will move you up one line
k or the down arrow - will move you down one line
l or the right arrow - will move you right one character
i have no interest in setting up pulseaudio/alsa or having to set nomodeset in my grub config for the 20th time.
Granted, free software would not be where it is today had it not been for GNU and the FSF and they do deserve a lot of credit for their hard work from which i am benefiting every day.
i see that as a positive thing.