I think you are right. I don't know the real demographics, but anecdotally most buddies seem to have been looking into alternatives over the past few years. Some went for fancish Unraid, some various linux flavors, but very few actually stayed on Windows. Proton certainly helped as gaming stopped being a valid reason. I used to think my own jump will be harder, but, well, I now run Windows maybe once a quarter. One of those times is to file taxes.

Sadly, you are likely also right about the race to the bottom for the rest. Maybe it would be different if they cared, but they don't. I have tried to explain it to my wife many a time, but it was mostly a failure ( so now her new lappy runs decrappified Windows 10 ). Worse yet, the whole data economy has become ingrained. Just yesterday chick at a dealership joked to sign here so that everyone can get my phone number. After that, attended a birthday party, where host company had a provision in disclaimer that they can use any pictures captured on camera for their promotion should they so choose. I almost lost it. It has been normalized. And you can't even cross this shit out, because it is all 'standard form' on a PC and whatever teen is running the desk wouldn't give a shit even if they understood the issue.

<< My kid will know what is a terminal before it touches iPad or iPhone.

It is funny. My kid loves keyboard. Maybe there is hope yet.