While I agree with your point I don't think a lot of people will be open to that cause they may not be aware of base distros and all that and in the end it would seem like you're not listening to them.
I get that but at this point shouldn't we get more people on this side. Like I think redhad and canonical are infinitely better than microsoft. Lesser of 2 evils and all. Who knows one day they may start using arch (btw)
and i just repeat that and be like i cant help you, i will probably make things worse (shrugs)
and i get that, at that point i would just say nothing cause thats better than a negative impression. just imagine a 3 yr old and be like they dont know any better.
And was friends with Epstein after he was convicted the first time for child sex crimes