I think that they made it harder so that people would give in and just buying new controllers or consoles instead of doing the repairs themselves or taking them somewhere to get repaired as repair shops will charge more for a longer/more difficult job
Since when was this "contrary to popular opinion"? Personally it's blindingly obvious when Israel say they want to wipe out the Palestinians and they they're cutting off food, water, electricity that they're actively performing ethnic "cleansing" and genocide
I suppose it's not a big thing as the os a game is played on doesn't have much impact on the gameplay itself. Balatro on Linux is the same game as on windows, switch or mobile. Hell, even pewdiepie is on Linux now so I guess his videos could fit your criteria
I want off Mr Bone's wild ride