I agree it's a pain. We have a LOT of leaves and over the years we have discovered & accumulated the best tools to do the job. We have wide rakes, narrow rakes, a battery powered blower, and a gas blower.
And this to collect all the leaves in.
It is admittedly a piece of crap, but it saves a lot of time. My mower has a bagger attachment that connects to the vacuum and sucks up huge volumes of leaves. By the end of leaf season we have a compost pile 5 feet tall by 10 feet wide by 30 feet long.
These are very handy, and at $5, worth every penny.