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Pre-installed is the biggest factor. Go to Walmart or best buy. You'll find windows and Mac and chromebooks.
I don't think it's "laziness" per se, but rather people aren't that technically inclined. It's too much of a challenge for the average person especially when they don't understand the benefits.
For me, someone who's used both, I'm now using a windows machine because there are two applications that aren't available for Linux os's that I need for work. You cannot use a substitute program (one is a less common secure video conference program).
Our media pc in the living room is running a Linux OS, but when we try to watch the local web player for national programming (Ireland) Firefox won't run the player on Linux like it can on Windows, so we have to use Chrome, which I absolutely hate doing.
I'd love to use Linux full time, but I must use a couple of windows/mac OS applications, so I put up with windows. Win 10 isn't so bad.
I'm waiting on Linux to get proper HDR support before being able to use one for TV use. Been waiting for that for years.
fair enough. wife and l arent, I guess, videophiles and don't really care about the highest resolutions etc