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Most people don't care about the same things you care about. I do, and still find managing windows easier but I agree not everyone will because I also care about things like tpm support and kernel signing. Windows does all these things with no hoops, making it simpler for my use case. I've never had a registry entry brick anything.
I'm not super controlling, so I don't feel an overriding need to remove edge just because it's there. I used Rufus to bypass tpm and web login support with 2 checkboxes. Life just isn't that hard.
For someone who doesn't care at all, windows is significantly easier.
Oh I do believe that most people absolutely fucking hate Edge and want to get rid of it. I'm also pretty sure that people aren't interested in creating an account that has basically no benefits, while just being annoying as fuck.
UEFI secure boot and the TPM API are fundamentally broken and provide nothing more than an illusion of security. If you want to see what a proper secure boot setup looks like, take a look at Android Verified Boot with an actual hardware secure element (e.g. the Google Titan M2). UEFI secure boot only exists to comply with standards and certifications written by people who know nothing about security.
Creating Windows installation media in general is a great topic, why the actual fuck does Microsoft not provide a bootloader in their ISO images?!? I recently wanted to create a Windows 11 install USB drive, but I didn't have any working Windows installation at that time. I can't create a Windows USB from macOS or Linux, because I need to use Microsoft's stupid Media Creation Tool, which, guess what, only works on Windows. I need Windows in order to install fucking Windows. This is so insanely stupid.
Edge is fairly popular, your assessment is without merit there. Id trust it over chrome and the scum at brave but under chromium, Vivaldi, Firefox.
Even if a tpm chip is just a deadbolt on your door, it's better than nothing and will keep your stuff safe from 99% of attackers. Yes the nsa well get through but they were gonna anyway. Your curious friend or random criminal aren't gonna get through. It's a deadbolt. I like having a deadbolt. It won't keep me actually safe but it will still stop 99% of people. You can let the perfect be the enemy of the good if you'd like, but until my Asus has a titan chip I'm gonna do what I can.
I don't understand your last comment, Microsoft does provide a full iso and if you use Rufus to burn to a USB drive it works fine bootloader and all. No need to even try to use their hot garbage media creator tool, which sucks.
It really varies on what distro/DE/etc. you choose. Many are very simple and user friendly.
Just found a post on !pcmasterrace@lemmy.world that sums this up pretty well: https://lemmy.ca/post/26083247