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But that's not most people. A lot of them don't bother or simply lazy to do these things. Majority users are not tech savy and they pay for something that already has windows installed and never bother changing anything beyond wallpaper. Sometimes that's one of the hardest part of trying to convince someone to remove the crap that came with their laptop and try linux for once. And when something doesn't work and they are too lazy to look it up, they just come to you asking doubts that are first page results.
you're correct, though I'd disagree with the idea of convincing people away from windows if none of what makes linux linux appeals to them. Some people like windows, some people just use what's on their system to browse facebook, some people couldn't care less if bill gates was in the room watching them get pegged by their wife, some people just hate computers and want to use them as little as possible. For those people I see no reason for them to switch and wouldn't argue they should. Not to say there aren't more reasons than I listed to switch those are just some of my favorites. When people ask me why they should switch to linux, I say because they want to. If they don't, eh, who cares, it's an OS. I'm more than willing to ramble about why I like linux but if none of that entices them I gain nothing from shoving it down their throats.