Please be aware that what you perceive as annoying and "not fun", is specifically by design and to make the game challenging. By removing these "annoyances", you basically kill the game and all the challenges it throws at you.

That said, I can fully recommend ThunderStore mod manager, as it not only allows you to search for mods and then download them, but can notify you of updates and individually install, uninstall and disable them.

It is very good, and you don't need to register for it (unlike Nexus).

You can even start the game completely vanilla from ThunderStore, something you probably will need if the game gets an update and some of the mods break. And some mods WILL break!

Please be aware of that and don't write yet another post on the forum how the "devs need to fix their f****** game!" when it is in reality a problem with a mod.

Just fair warning. Have fun! :)

Edit: I've been playing for 600+ hours, I'm currently in the plains, and I find none of the requirements to be "annoying".