You are not a regular user.
You are tech heavy user.
I have spent enough time with Linux (my fav distro used to be Slackware), and it’s not ready for general consumption.
I keep trying it on and off since before suse/opensuse and redhat/fedora split.
From someone who’s first distro was slackware: it has nothing to do with difficulty. Linux, even the most user friendly distros, kinda stuck for a regular non tech savy users
Now imagine it is still less suffering than Linux.