It took me so long, but finally I figured it out.

Windows is not user friendly.
Commercially backed Linux distros are not user friendly.
Modern applications are not user friendly.
Modern web-apps are not user friendly.

They're all user *hostile*, all by choice, most with active foresight.

The difference is they're all *novice* friendly.

They're designed for novices, & they force their would-be experienced users to stay novices with each upgrade, update, & A/B feature rollout.