In my experience not a lot of human effort is required to operate a modern pedal "assist" ebike. Unless I'm going up a very steep hill the vast majority of the time I find myself "ghost pedaling" just to keep the motor going.

I actually vastly prefer throttle-control as I consider it much safer. You can ask for the exact amount of speed you need as well as cut the motor instantly any time and there's no "herky-jerky" feeling like you get from some pedelecs.

I've had pedelec-controlled ebikes shoot away from me when I am trying to walk them somewhere or dismount, or just trying to adjust the peddle position at a stop, but this has never happened to me on a throttle-controlled ebike.