the windows just works argument actually refers to the fact that it’s consistent.

If you have a problem with the desktop, nobody needs to ask you which de you use, or which parts you have substituted out. You have a graphics problem, nobody asks if wayland or x11. You have a problem with audio, nobody asks you whether you have pipewire-pulse installed and to use pipewire. Shit’s the same everywhere.

I say this as an arch linux user. The choice we all love, is actually a detriment to the average non-power user.