I know what you mean, and you can do something similar by locating vias off the PCB and group moving them in, it’s just that all EDAs use a complete footprint for a part so that method seams like a patch for the more common way.
When I started I had trouble with the complexity of svg drawing - it’s nothing like raster GIMP - so I used every method to skirt around actually learning how to draw in INK - I imported pdf drawings -, but once I learnt to draw parts, which isn’t that hard, I find it a snap to just do the correct footprint and import it into a new part.
I made a tutorial video series that teaches you both FZ part making and INK drawing all in one hit, and that 90min will save you 10’s of hours fumbling around.
KiCad has more features, but the clunky way you have to use it is like going back to the stone age - it’s a lot of separate programs under one wrapper that don’t talk to each other -. You select parts for the SCH, layout the circuit, export the parts from SCH, import into PCB, pick footprints for the parts - SCH and PCB drawing are not joined -, and lay them out again. And I think if you change something in PCB you have to also do it in SCH, because the views aren’t connected. I suppose you get used to it - you have to learn a lot of short-cuts -, and it has some cool stuff, but simple things like a junction you have to grab like a part, where’s FZ you right-click or pull a trace. When I started 2 years ago I trialled FZ, Eagle, and KC after watch hours of tutorials - it’s the only way to learn them quick - and I liked FZ, maybe you’ll like something else.