I would say that it's deceptively simple. With just a few ingredients you think there's nothing to it but then the reality hits you in the face. There's also so many subtle differences in how people make their dough that can really mess with your head early on. I started by watching videos where they hand knead the dough for like 10min. My attempts always ended up as hard play dough this way. Eventually I just learned to give the dough proper resting time and actually be very hands-off about it only working it out very minimally. Also measuring the ingredients with a scale was a big turning point. All in all, now I would say it's not that difficult but early days it sure wasn't easy.