No, not a trick question at all.

I know what I am doing but people I work for do not, therefore my question for an alternative where these people can write text on a simple website in a WYSIWYG editor. Going by your comment you haven’t found one either which makes WP sadly the only option for this specific use case.

What would you recommend as an alternative for the non-technical inclined users who want to have a public website?

Damn, you brought the receipts