You’re answering your own question :)

Well if you installed and set it up by yourself you already are way more advanced than a normal user. But again one easily is blind to that fact.

One easily gets blind of the fact that it takes quite a lot of knowledge of computers to run Linux. You often see stuff that scares the shit out of a regular user.

The problem is the experience is not customized for a person who doesn’t care HOW it works. They just want to do their stuff without hassle.

I’ve tried this a couple of times and mostly I end up being a 24/7 computer fixer hotline and end up installing macOs or windows in the end to make everyone happy

I tried getting my mom on Linux mint. Kinda made me realize it’s not as user friendly as I thought. I would go with windows or macOs if they just want everything to “work”

Sooo… Is there an alternative to be secure other than switching to another OS? Not that I’m doing anything interesting but I would like to have at least a bit of privacy.

I’m amazed that they put scientists on this. A toddler could see these results coming. Well at least a European toddler. American toddlers are probably eating crayons with their parents.