True. The good news is that an asset manager is worked on and assumed to become part of v2.93.
If you are missing the parametric objects from C4D in Blender: a free plugin adds most of these to Blender.
https://github.com/WiresoulStudio/W_Mesh_28x/releases
Would be nice if that were to be a default option with all objects.
Luckily the devs seem to be tackling more and more paper cuts, and the outliner is steadily improving. It's taken a while, but better late than never, as the saying goes.
You only need to delete the cube once, and save the default file. (File-->Defaults-->Save Startup File
Gone forever! 🙂
Competition is good - it keeps the other 3d packages on their toes.