Disagree. It is good for users of all operating systems, if Linux becomes so usable that it threatens Windows. Then Windows has to improve and we have a race to the top.
Linux is different. It's great to learn something different. I don't use Linux because I don't want to pay for Windows. I use Linux because I like how Linux is.
The more Windows people join Linux and try to make it look like Windows, the more Linux starts looking like the platform I left 15 years ago.
Counter-example: many times, what I find more usable is what others find less usable. Unless I'm objectively stupid, usability is subjective.
I hate it when people tell me "Linux should look more like Windows, because Windows is more usable. And if you don't find that Windows is more usable, then you're objectively wrong".
Hard to argue with you about that, unless you get more concrete. Can you give an example for something you find more usable which others find less usable (than what?)?
* I need a tiling window manager
* I need vim bindings
* I want CLIs as much as possible
* I want config files, not Settings panels in UIs
* I want to be able to build my packages from source and patch them if necessary
All of those things are more usable on Linux than they are on Windows (when they actually exist on Windows).
* Window managers are wisely preconfigured and the user can one-click-switch between them, like between Plugins.
* Key bindings are configurable for everything (which probable is already the case)
* There is a CLI <-> GUI standard. Same for config files <-> settings panels, etc. The UCI standard for chess engines comes to mind.
* Installing from source is integrated. Every source code directory can be right-clicked: "compile". Every binary can be right-clicked: "modify". And that works out of the box, no programming skills required unless one wants to make changes. One can click on code locations: "Explain".
* A "freeze" button which freezes the current state of my system bit by bit. There is a possibility to backup that to the internet for a monthly fee. No credit card required.
* Every button bar can be configured, every list of something can be filter-as-you-typed. Every right-click Menu can be configured.
* Linux has a global namespace/function/type library, accessible via a browser and also directly from within Linux. You dont have to read any doc except that of the used namespace/function/type. it creates binaries which follow the above standard.
* There is an AI window where I can ask questions about my system. It has a well-done local default AI but there is an option to buy tokens from popular "Language Models". No tech speak. No credit card required.
Also I think we could debate on the "footguns" idea. Many people will say "we should not allow the user to do that because it is a footgun" for many things that I barely consider "advanced usage" and that I actually want. Does making it simpler at the cost of removing possibilities count as making it more usable, or less?