It requires minimal-to-no effort and most people have grown accustomed to it now. She knows that if she wants to see the scrollbars, she has to do a micro-flick of the scrollwheel (or her finger on mobile/touch) to reveal the scrollbar. So she will always use whatever the default is. Again, my Mom is the person that will never change a setting. I also think that MOST people are used to automatic scroll bars at this point. So Apple has to choose the best option (between three bad choices) that will best best for MOST people. Whatever the default is, that will be how most people use the computer and just accept it as "how it works". Most Mac users are going to use the default setting, regardless of whether the default is always on, always off, or auto. Most people will never change the setting, even if it was obnoxious. Remember also that defaults are important.
I suspect that one of the reasons for hidden scrollbars by default is because the teams at Apple have tried to use the web with "always-on" scrollbars and didn't want their users experiencing the web that way. It is our company's apps and sites that drove Apple to this decision. But it is definitely more deeply seeded than the OS level, and I think web developers (a lot of us here) should take some of the responsibility for ruining scrollbars. You end up with scrollbars on elements that aren't even form fields because of weird hacks that web developers are doing with overflow elements or strange CSS anomalies.
Like you mentioned, some websites simply don't work or don't work how they should. It shouldn't be this way, but as of right now, it ruins the experience. But regardless of who accepts or deserves the blame, it is hard to dispute that the experience is far worse with scrollbars forced always on. Now I'm not sure if you blame the OS maker (Apple/Microsoft), the browser makers (Apple again, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla), or the web developers of the websites.
I have turned on "always visible" scrollbars before and it really does ruin the internet experience. I honestly think that this is the main reason that Apple hides scrollbars by default.
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