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I've used Linux as my main desktop OS since 2008, and the only times I had problems were when hardware manufacturers supplied device drivers as binary Windows blobs and I had to kludge up a workaround. In all other instances, it was smooth sailing. If I don't like the desktop look, I can change it, if a file manager bothers me, that too can be changed, if I have older hardware, I can find a lightweight distro and avoid spending money and creating unnecessary e-waste.
With proprieatry operating systems, you do not own your machine. You paid for it, but you do not own it. Don't like the browser that came with the OS? Fuck you, we're gonna shove it down your throat. Don't want ads in the taskbar? Lmao get rek'd peasant! Want to search files locally without triggering our third-rate search engine? Bing bong, choke on our ding-dong! To be frank, even if Linux was less user friendly (and Windows is downright user hostile) I'd still use it, because I'd rather learn a thing or two about computers than be treated as a shearing sheep.