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I want to preface this with noting that I 99% agree with you on this, but to be fair Windows "just works" right up until it doesn't.
What got me off Windows was how frequently all the UWP-powered system apps (like Screenshot Tool, Calculator, etc.) and even core stuff like Explorer would just have some key functionality just break randomly.
Not implying that programs on Linux don't also just randomly shit themselves, but to pretend that Windows just works is a bit silly.