I can understand the intimidation factor, but something that tends to be missed is the idea that it is actually supposed to be that way. I mean, you could read and enjoy a little online article about "lifehacks" but you really can't compare it to classic literature like Tolstoy. I mean, regardless of your enjoyment, Tolstoy is objectively better than Buzzfeed, and I can't imagine anything that would change that.
When you're dealing with the Thoth you're dealing with the "high literature" of Tarot, not the run-of-mill decks where the ease of use is the only standard. It isn't easy, and I don't know if it should be. In order to read something like Ulysses you have to, in a sense, become the target audience, which means knowing well beyond basic English, having the ability to follow a convoluted story, and to try to understand what the author was getting at. An easy English version of Joyce exists, no doubt, but I wouldn't say that it is just as good as the original, because it really isn't. The Thoth is difficult and unfriendly, and takes a lot of work to use well (contrary to "just using" it intuitivly).
Now, I say this not as some esoteric snob who was raised in the OTO and has been around this stuff forever. Far from it, and I'm also not particularly driven or intelligent. But I did want to "get" the Thoth, four years ago, and it took a lot of effort, and I did it (as much as I can, of course). There are always new things to learn, of course, but I have made great strides in that direction.
I just don't believe in coddling anyone, I think that demeans them and is disrespectful. I won't tell you, like others, that it is constantly rewarding, that it meets you at any level you may be at or any of those platitudes (even though they're true and I believe them). One should study the Thoth because they want to, and with clear knowledge that it is difficult, it can be frustrating, there are things that will take you months to work out and things you will never work out. Those things shouldn't stop you if you really want it.
However, if you do put in the effort, then the differences between Joyce and Buzzfeed will become all the more obvious, the difference between the Thoth and "just any other" deck.