but then it turns out they only believe that because they have a lot more (or more recent) experience with it than the alternative.
I hear this all the time and it’s just not true. I’ve been using Linux for ~3 years now and it’s still significantly more complicated. And it’s incredibly easy to see why.
Do a Google for “how to x on Linux” and tell me you’re not instructed to enter a bunch of commands you don’t understand into a terminal where it inevitably kicks back some generic non-descript error or just…does nothing at all.