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I definitely get that.
My comment was more so that if you have two things and a problem arises, you should get rid of the one that causes the problem you’re having.
In this case, the problem of Windows replacing the bootloader and Windows deserves to lose out because of that.
But I bet a lot of people incorrectly assume it is Linux that has caused the problem, and they’re not necessarily wrong to assume that since Linux takes a bit more to learn and can be confusing to the layman.
But the underlying issue in OP’s meme is Windows replacing the default bootloader with their own, taking away the choice to choose the OS the user wants to dual boot into.
The thing that’s really devious here is that I can even see how someone might think that replacing the boot loader is easier. When I think of someone like my mom who could still do fine with punch cards but struggled by vista a boot loader would be unnecessarily complex. And the great irony is that google showed that linux could have options perfect for users like her. Chromeos is exactly what her use case was.
Yeah, Linux is pretty easy and user friendly for day to day use for the vast majority of users, since most people spend all their time in a browser anyway. It's just that hurdle of getting it installed. The people who use it without issue are usually those that know nothing about Linux, and the very experienced. It's the people in the middle that have trouble, they know enough to get themselves in trouble, but not enough to solve the problems they run into.
That's pretty much where ChromeOS comes in. Linux out of the box, and the same tinkerers will still get into trouble and blame Linux, but when they reset the machine, it's back to Linux. Same story as Windows. If it comes preloaded, the end user will be happy with it, but the tinkerers always overestimate their skills/understanding.