Why are you writing angry screeds pretending that Linux always requires elevated privileges to install software while Windows doesn't? Windows requires elevated

Why are you writing angry screeds pretending that Linux always requires elevated privileges to install software while Windows doesn't? Windows requires elevated privileges to install software in C:\Program Files\. Typical Linux distros require elevated privileges to install software in /usr. Both Linux and Windows don't require additional privileges to install software in the home directory. There is no fundamental difference between the two, and you're talking nonsense.