I see you know nothing about UX and design. Do you think the specialists at Cash App wouldn't have done what you're saying if it was really better? How naïve.
You're right. Whoever wrote the spec for lightning addresses is an absolute 🤡
I hear BOLT-12 is coming in Two Weeks™ to fix this.
Isn't the best UX the one that's easiest for normie use? From a mass-adoption perspective at least.