I think these people are having skill issues or reading comprehension issues. Arch is not hard. Infact, its less bs than de-snapping an ubuntu install.
I've put endeavour on a bunch of desktops and various thinkpads of a variety of vintages, including very modern.
I dunno man, it just works. I buy conservative technology choices and vendors and shit just works.
The hardest thing in my life is getting WWAN to work reliably OOTB on thinkpads with cellular.
Edit: No, the hardest thing in my life is asking people "Is wayland in the room with us right now?" because I've yet to have a machine running wayland.
But for all we know, a big fat chunk of it is Nvidia's money. It could be 49% of it for all we know, because I can't find full details of their series C round. On top of that ASML is also profiting from the AI bubble.
They're either funding it (which they are for sure, since it says so) or they're 1 degree of kevin bacon from funding it.
Missing the wood for the trees. Also, I'm not the same person that you replied to.
Skill issue. People cannot just passively expect to understand a complicated thing without applying themselves.
If they can't use a computer, they can't use a computer.