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You will have to use the terminal less often than people on Windows do
It’s a personal choice
The average Windows user doesn't know what a terminal is, let alone use it. Whereas in Linux every user knows what a terminal is and has used it at least a handful of times.
Some distros don't have an app store, just the terminal.
The average Windows user knows that command prompt exists
The average Linux user comes from Android and has no clue about terminal
Bro, I'm an IT Support Technician and Sysadmin by profession. Trust me when I tell you the average user has never seen the command line.
Move a shortcut on their desktop and they freak out because they think the pc deleted all their work. No way in hell they would touch a terminal.
I’m aware, someone asked how to download a video so i told them just paste the url in command prompt (yt-dlp) and they said it’s not worth it
But no one I know even knows how to get to CLI on Android