This thread is highlighting exactly why windows users think Linux is unusable - apt, pacman etc are all commands that require a minimal understanding of the terminal, and the average person does not have that. The answer isn’t “learn in your own time”, because that simply isn’t going to happen - they have no interest in the internals, how things work, they just want the end product.
Regular users just want it to update itself in the background or have a nice obvious “system update” button like Mint. The only thing they understand about “apt upgrade -u” is the word ‘upgrade’ - the rest might as well be ancient sumerian to them. Even remembering the short phrase is infinitely more complex than pressing a clearly labelled button. You will never convert a single user by trying to convince them to use any form of CLI over a GUI.
See, you’re so deep in the sauce you’ve lost all perspective; A normal user isn’t getting as far as “type this incantation” - the one they won’t remember and will have to look up each time - because they’re going to give you a blank look when you tell them to open the terminal. I know this because I work with regular users ever day and get blank looks for much simpler questions.
No, windows users hate the constant restarting for updates, if it all happened in the background they wouldn’t even notice. Just look at Mint.
They don’t even remember it, never mind know how to use it. That’s the whole point.
This is sophistic and stupid, humans don’t speak maths and “apt update -U” isn’t maths either. If you’re so desperate you’re reaching for “words don’t mean anything akshully” you already know you’re wrong.
You are not a user, you are a power user like me and everyone else in this thread. Regular users don’t go online to discuss their OS. It’s the height of narcissism to think you’re the person being talked about here.