The problem is, half of the Linux community is like you, actively encouraging people to go elsewhere, and the other half of the Linux community is the opposite, actively trying to CONVERT Windows/Mac users to Linux.

For about 5 years, I actively sought to convince people that Linux was better or safer than what they were using.

Then I remembered Heinlein's proverb: "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It only wastes your time, and annoys the pig."

So I stopped 'wasting my time'. If others are using MacOS or Windows, it's their choice and NMP. I also no longer help out people with computer problems. "Sorry, I don't know anything about Windows. I use something else."

You can call it "actively encouraging people to go elsewhere" I suppose, but it's more a philosophy of actively discouraging the "Linux Isn't For Me" articles, also saying to them 'Don't come complaining to me that you're not willing to learn something that's not what you're used to. Just go back to working with whatever it is that you are used to working with."

True, there are some people in-between. Mostly those who have been far to one side or the other.