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Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Linus Torvalds?
You'd have the same issue with this on Linux, no? It isn't OS-specific.
EDIT: I meant in general. Software on Linux is also subject to the UKs temper tantrum laws, same as on Windows. The Nvidia driver is just an example, you can also just download the driver on Windows without needing their companion app.
The official proprietary Nvidia drivers are just a regular Linux package I'm 99% sure, I have it installed on my laptop and it doesn't involve a gui app at all.
There is the Nvidia X Server Settings app but it's pretty barebones
Not really it is full featured under X under Wayland some of the features are replaced by your desktops features exclusively