Was mine the only upvote, then?

Widgets are supposed to be "outdated", but you can see a lot of demand for them even on such a "progressive" OS as Sailfish (MeeCast and Media Controls to name just two most popular ones).
I also happen to find the Sailfish cover controls rather confusing and non-intuitive so I do not use them but I believe that is something that a bit of practice could sort out.