For people who don't have any real interest in the gnu/Linux OS, are just looking for a drop in windows replacement. Then Ubuntu and similar focused on that niche are better. Though ewwwwww, all that bloat! Bloat over here, bloat over there ... bloat, bloat, bloat, bloat ... everywhere!

Overly anal edit, cause am obsessive about these things + had a lot of coffee: What I class as bloat encompasses a wide range of things too. So can look at this from another angle. Having more services (someone isn't using) running out-box can have an impact on system stability, performance(esp on lower spec hardware), adds to overhead, security, as more services running means greater potential attack surface and ease of configuration for someone to set up a gnu/nix install as they prefer it to be. Would have to strip out half a default Ubuntu install getting it setup as I like.