Comparing it to Gnome (3) is a low bar. I tried to switch to Gnome3 b/c I heard Ubuntu is standardizing to it. Lack of reconfigurability and how often the the unfix-able parts come up are the bigger pains with in UI/UX, In my humble opinion. These come up more often on windows 10, than on other any OS I have used. But I love i3wm, so clearly I know nothing about how normal people think about UI/UX!

And I bought it especially because it was on the support hardware list for OpenWRT. TP-link is not the only manufacture on that list. I think others who make routers that are open will get business from people who want open source firmware for their devices. But I don't know how big of a market this is.

I've also been linux as my main OS for personal desktop use since college early 2000's, but I have had to use windows sometimes over that time, due to some previous employer mandates. I currently use Xubuntu. Xubuntu could be greatly improved by shipping with Libre Office and Audacious (why not ship with the best software?). I liked older versions of gnome, and I have found KDE to be usually have issues from being overly ambitious, and often they fall short. Both of them seem to want to write their own versions of every tool, it is a huge waste of resources. At the time of writing this I am watching HULU on my system76 machine. The performance is great, and they cost much less then equivalent apple products. Linux desktop's Video, security, audio, speed, reliability and cosmetics are all as good or better in my estimation than PC or MAC equivalents, in the same price range. Ubuntu's updates are pretty painless these days. Open/Libre office is probably the weakest point, but it is workable. Most people I interact with have been moving to Google docs, as keeping multiple version of spreadsheet is a pain. I'd use it if was worse, because of freedom. My only complaint about the machine is that it has an apple style touch pad. For usability, I STRONGLY prefer separate buttons.

Beyond that who ever writes or owns the software doesn't know the intention of people standing in the middle of the road. Is this a group of people deliberately standing in the middle of the road trying to crash cars? The "trolley problem" is completely unrealistic and seems to be created to undermine self driving cars. If someone stands in a highway and gets run over, that is obviously not the fault of the driver (or the self driving car).