People don't need to type console commands. They're just the easiest way to tell someone how to do something in text.

Which is kinda sad. The console always feels like a more precise way to deal with a problem. So it's like people are saying "Using a mouse is too scary, I'd rather use a WiiMote while wearing mittens"

This is self-fulfilling bullshit. Everyone is saying that typing words is somehow scary, so everyone is scared of typing words.
Average user doesn't really has more problems with console, either they care enough to google how to fix the problem, and do whatever Internet tells them, or they don't and they ask for help and kick the problem down the chain. Will the solution involve typing words or clicking checkboxes is kind of irrelevant