Well, the recovery argument really only checks out when there are recent restore points made and a recovery partition is present, which is not the case in every or even most Windows configs, otherwise you're SOL anyway.

Often times even those failed on me when Windows had shat itself and told me it can't fix the issue and needs a restore medium, on which I then manually had to /fixboot and /rebuildBCD from the console. That's not any more feasible for the average user.

I think installing Linux is definitely a hurdle, but you could usually find someone or a shop to do it for you or help you.

Otherwise, with all the new random prompts and welcome screens in Windows, I think any Linux system will stay out of the users way much more and let them work on their stuff without distractions.

Sure, Linux troubleshooting is bad for the average user, but you can also get help with that and Windows forums are bloated with trash replies and not any better quality-wise (same with Android nowadays, unfortunately).