I mean, exactly how invasive are default operating systems? (Like Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Android, iOS) Do they log your keystrokes, log passwords, capture screen, upload your photos, videos, or audio? (Assuming you aren’t a target of government) Is it even possible for the average person who doesn’t feel comfortable messing with installing operating systems to have any privacy?
Why don’t I have linux and a custom rom? Because it’s not worth the time and effort for me.
I don’t have time to get my bluetooth headphones working every time I want to listen to something on my computer. It may be a simple turn on and off, it may be using the command line, searching it up and trying a million different solutions, or it may be restarting the whole computer. With Windows and other main operating systems I don’t have to worry about that, it just works. And if it doesn’t, there is usually a solution online.
For my phone, there are so many programs that required the regular operating system. And if something doesn’t work then you have to wipe your whole phone clean, then spend time to get it all back the way you want it. Updating is very similar.
Bluetooth headphones actually work out of the box in Ubuntu but whatever.
Believe me, I’ve tried my bluetooth headphones and while they worked for a while, they eventually stopped working, and I had to dig into the command line, and spend hours on searching to try to and get them working again.
The only bluetooth issue I had was with an xbox controller that I used both in both windows and linux (same machine). I had to completely remove it and pair it on both OSes if I used it on the other one.