I don't think I've ever seen a hydraulic clutch that was adjustable, that's part of the reason for it in the first place, to make it so you don't have to adjust the clutch pedal.
Next, honestly I don't care where a clutch engages, as long as it engages completely and doesn't bind/hangup and end up slipping and as long as it disengages completely. I drove a c2500 pickup for many years with a hydraulic clutch that would bind and not fully engage if you let the pedal up too slow and the clutch never completely disengaged even with the pedal digging into the floor mat. That sucked and was annoying. High low, who cares as long as it does.
Seriously, you can piss and moan about the transmission grinding, you can complain about the ECM giving the engine throttle when you take off when that should be the drivers job, but I see absolutely no reason any experienced driver shouldn't be able to adapt to any clutch almost immediately.
Maybe my truck is the reason I like the Sonic's clutch. Instead of having maybe an 1/8" worth of extra travel to mess with that disappeared as things worn making the clutch never disengage entirely, the Sonic has plenty of room past that.
I don't think your question was noobish.
I think it had a kevlar disc and a super heavy pressure plate as it was used a lot for towing.