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Even Windows has its moments, bad updates fuck you over a bit.
Most distros just install and work. If you take a 1-2+ year-old system and let Linux wipe it, most of them will just kinda work. Brand new hardware is always dicey, it's better to buy last years model. Steam and web browsers do what you'll expect. Updates just work. Steam games are generally doable; you just have to flip a switch in Steam to use emulation. The big exception on games is stuff with kernel-level anti-cheat. Valorant, Fortnite, PUBG, Genshin Impact.
Now, if you start using hardware that needs custom apps, RBG controllers, custom webcam controls, If you used nvidia broadcasting suite, outlook, photoshop, Then, you'll find the effort. You need to find alternatives or try to run stuff in wine, and learning new apps is work and feels bad everything will feel like a downgrade.
Replacing hardware can also be dicey. Solutions are generally not all that bad, but definintely can turn into work.
If you just need some steam and a web browser, you almost can't go wrong, if you want to emulate every inch of what you were doing in windows outside of that, you're likely to have to work for it.