I agree with you per se that the learning curve in many ways is a function from your past experience, but there's no contradiction with what I previously stated in the context of this article - since émigré from Windows will obviously have some experience with Windows, they have this learning bias already, and potentially a different mindset/expectations (the most famous - why can't I just download an .exe?!)
Some [1] Linux distros were even trying to emulate this experience (which is a dead end obviously)
Some [1] Linux distros were even trying to emulate this experience (which is a dead end obviously)
[1] Like Linux XP https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=linuxxp