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If Steam OS getting a wider release happens around the same time as Windows 10 hitting end-of-life, that could be a game-changer.
I know what you mean about it being frustrating when flatpak apps don't work right though. I had an app that would just start to open and die, no error message, no feedback, just it started to open then closed. Because I was new to Flatpak I didn't know how to poke at it. But, then I discovered how you can run flatpak apps from the commandline, and when you do that you get access to flags and you get error messages you can read. But, if you're just some dude/dudette who wants to sit down and run an app and it doesn't work, that kind of behaviour is ultra frustrating.
The problem is that there's still a lot of flux when it comes to packaging and running Linux apps. There's the old way -- debs and rpms. There's flatpaks, there's the snap store, there's homebrew, there's mise and of course there are manual installs and/or building from source. Each one's a bit different and has its own benefits and drawbacks. And, standard things like showing an error message that helps you sort out the problem when things break isn't universally handled in a clean way.