Pretty wild to say osx and valuing free time. Everytime I have to do anything that is one millimeter of the beaten path it turns into a momentous time sink. And than more often than not you figure it's impossible to do what you want.
You're lying to yourself if you think people spend time playing with audio drivers/configuration to get sound working on Mac.
Drivers? No. Audio config? Most definitely. I would actually say the same on linux. By a significant margin no audio linux person is out there developing custom drivers for their stuff. Stuff just works OOB. It's more the userspace stuff that is problematic on either platform. With the caveat that latency issues have spiked A LOT on OSX in more recent years. Whereas on linux this mostly solved.
Yes. I've also considered buying a car with the hood welded shut. But I'd rather learn how to change my oil. Some of us don't find value in consuming technology passively without first understanding it.
Some of us also value having freedom in what we use for the majority of our day.