Open-source geospatial tools in general have developed rapidly over the last couple of decades. Mapbox and friends have laid groundwork, both good and "needlessly complicated." But there are just too many people who care about this to think it'll always be hard.

I assure you, the OSS (and in this case, OSM) community will steadily build out better, faster software that includes more and more of the features a modern map needs. It's already looking like companies like WashPo are seeing the potential here.

Come join us and make the world a better place :)