This isn't a totally invalid point. There are so many thousands of packages and options and the learning curve can be very steep, so much so that one 'self-fen

This isn't a totally invalid point. There are so many thousands of packages and options and the learning curve can be very steep, so much so that one 'self-fences', puts up their own guard rails. So something like Windows which is walled, but a very broad pasture, seems unwalled. Whereas, linux/open source, can seem like a dangerous jungle and requires one to build their own wall. Kind of like old zen parable about how to control cows, give them a wide comfortable pasture and then they behave, and never question the fence in the distance.