This is not a problem once you know to enable the flash, however, I do not know whether leaving it enabled (either "AUTO" or "ON") affects battery life when the flash is down, therefore, I disable flash when not in use, and it seems a poor use of precious control real estate to need to have it assigned to a button as is the default, unless it is necessary to conserve battery (see below)

but there are simply not enough controls to assign all frequently used functions, so regular menu use is unavoidable, but certainly AEB should be assignable.

There is a "Quick Control Screen" accessible by pressing the "Set"

I am starting with Canon models because I vastly prefer their more intuitive controls and jpeg image processing

The Ideal travel camera might be a next generation M5, melding the positive features of the M50 with the superior control interface of the M5, but of course the M5 costs significantly more.

I shoot 4k footage with c mount lenses that work great at this crop factor