Please, enlighten me further about my aspirations and motivations.

Maybe macOS works well for you, and so for you to switch would only be 'out of some moronic desire to be different', but there are certainly lots of valid reasons a person might prefer being on Linux rather than macOS, from not trusting closed-source OSes to wanting tools that aren't out of date.

I've seen many refugees from macOS coming to Linux, so it's not surprising in the least. Good for them, it will increase their productivity. This was especially boosted by those interested in gaming, and Apple abandoning OpenGL and planning to ditch 32-bit support.

Fine there’s always movement between states and each person has their reasons for moving them it good or bad. That said I have tried the switch repeatedly after reading such posts/recommendations only to realise I’ve spent more time trying to get something really basic to work for no tangible benefit. For those who found the transition worthwhile then I tip my hat off to you