I'd probably play BF6 and I do enjoy Apex Legends, but not enough to run Windows. Photoshop is great, but GIMP meets my non-professional needs. I'm not an engineer so AutoCAD isn't a professional requirement and I can fix 3d prints or plan landscaping in freecad.

But, I can't make Micrsoft stop enabling telemetry on my computer, inserting ads in my start menu or giving AI access to my entire system. I know there are tools to disable these things, I used them. I know the workaround to make local users, I know how to remove the AI integrations, I know how to use group policy to prevent the re-enabling of some items.

I don't want to have to fight my computer in order to use it. I want it to do exactly what I want and nothing else. Linux lets me do it and that is more important than a few FPSs

Everyone gets to make that choice. Well, except the people who can't upgrade to Windows 11... for them it's Linux or joining a botnet at some time in the near future.