How much time do you need to take to learn "click on the swirly orange thing for Internet"? It looks just the same as it does in every other OS.
> (which is a sunk cost on windows: already paid it)
This is actually something I'm coping with at the moment, because I have to learn how to use Windows and it's the most backwards thing ever to use.
It's the exact same in Linux. Click on it, get Internet.
You do everything in a browser anyway.
At present, the emphasis is on the potential of large language models (LLMs) and the related ethical considerations. However, I would prefer to address the necessity for governments or commissions to assume responsibility for their citizens concerning "social" media, as this presents a significantly greater risk than any emerging technology.
In that case, the alternatives are also clunky. I use Windows, MacOS and Linux regularly, and all of them got serious UX problems.
My general experience is that clunky software is what made people tech literate, and now that everything has safety barriers and protects the user from everything tech literacy has fallen.