The author makes an interesting point that ggplot2 defaults often look polished enough to make a novice find them acceptable when they&#x27;re really not.<p>It&#x27;s a beautifully polished and well-documented R package, but often I feel like I&#x27;ve wrestled a bear to get a figure just right.  The effort though seems worth it for the results and I don&#x27;t feel that way about the base graphics.