It may be (and always felt to me this way) that technical superiority is only one dimension of the problem. For example the reason I keep using Linux on my mac

It may be (and always felt to me this way) that technical superiority is only one dimension of the problem. For example the reason I keep using Linux on my machines is not because the OS works better for me -- it definitely does not. Things are crashing or doing stupid things and the entire ecosystem is completely disjoint and not integrated very well. The reason I use Linux on my desktops is because I know I own the machine and it is doing my bidding (mostly, if we forget about the hardware part...) It is knowledge that if there is a problem there is a path to fix it -- it just depends on how much effort I am willing to expend.