It took me 5 minutes and five clicks and I've been using it for a year on my phone and desktop.
I don't consider something that simple and convenient work, so I'm curious what you mean by "less work". Do you mean the front ends take 3 minutes to install instead of 5 minutes?
Obviously can't be down time since you can't have a less than zero downtime, but what do you mean by "less work"?