Installing codecs, drivers (several times by different guides usually) and disabling Red Hat telemetry from command line is what user have to do to make it usable for something more than running neofetch
Since we are comparing to Windows, the "disabling Red Hat telemetry from command line" step doesn't really count, since Windows out of the box is loaded with telemetry.
Windows is practically spyware now, all they're doing with the platform is enshittification. WSL was the last "good" windows feature and it's just an Embrace Extend Extinguish play.