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Because you're dealing with lifelong windows users who want a reassuringly familiar looking OS not fucking linux techs
Jesus christ learn to tailor to the user
Fedora does have a Cinnamon spin. The advantage of Mint is that all the Ubuntu tutorials work on it
Edit: plus Fedora's philosophy about non-free software makes it less than ideal for people who don't care
Even if Fedora has a spin with the same DE, from my experience, Mint/Ubuntu still has a higher chance just work on a given system.
I love Fedora and use it pretty much exclusively, but the out of the box experience of Mint and Ubuntu is still a bit better for the average user imho.