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the main reason are package managers, since the package managers on linux are much easier to use than winget(the one in windows). apart from that, there are not many other reasons to switch.
I love that winget exists but it's not really comparable. I think it doesn't really do dependencys of if it does the packages don't really use that. Also the packages are still stuck in the windows mindset of having to update on their own with each having their own update service