It's not necessarily Apple/Microsoft forums specifically either. I note that Windows users and nerds are generally much more open to just helping people overco

It's not necessarily Apple/Microsoft forums specifically either. I note that Windows users and nerds are generally much more open to just helping people overcome whatever problem they're having in the simplest and easiest way possible. Linux users, and neckbeards in particular, on the other hand are generally more concerned about ordering people having problems to do things the One True Way(tm). This condescending attitude is by far the thing that holds back wider Linux adoption the most; most people don't have time to be talked down by some neckbeard when Windows users will sympathize and happily lend a hand. I can't and won't speak to MacOS users because MacOS, within the confines of the One Apple Way(tm), has always Just Worked(tm) which is by far its strongest selling point.