I've seen so many people say things like: "Windows is fine, all you have to do is [gigantic list of obscure settings changes, registry edits, external freeware programs] to turn off the telemetry!"
It will eventually get to the point where it will take more settings-twiddling to make Windows do what you actually want than Linux does.
I used an Ubuntu 21.10 installer recently, it was completely uneventful to set up with the default side-by-side configuration and actually easier than the Windows one (which must create a Windows account, you can then disconnect this from your local account later with a magic settings dance).
It will eventually get to the point where it will take more settings-twiddling to make Windows do what you actually want than Linux does.