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As somebody who uses Windows and iOS daily at work, I assure you these companies are not doing QA anywhere close to this level.
I mean they do both suck in their own special ways, but as a Linux user myself it's still a night and day difference between the level they're at and the level any given Linux distro is at. The only Linux devices that approach the level of "it just works" that MS and Apple devices do are locked down ones like phones, Chromebooks, and the Steam handheld.
These days, Windows 11 is a janky experience on par with your average Linux distro tbf. OOTB Windows 11 is terrible, which means dicking around with third party software and regedit, and even OOTB Windows 11 is janky compared with previous Windows iterations ime.
And the Linux distro usually comes with better documentation in order to fix problems, and changing settings is often equally or less difficult. Config files may look complicated and the terminal might really scare me sometimes, but at least it's not the utterly inscrutable Windows Registry.
The QA happening here is real, but it is being done by the device manufacturers, not the OS developers.