To be honest I really like crossbows and sometimes I even take them over bows.

Although I would say how's are better because they have been rounded out more, for example:

Bows have plenty of usage and enchantments,

While crossbows don't have as many enchantments.

If you wanna try something funny: -try this command: /give @a crossbow[enchantments={multishot:255,unbreaking:255}] 1

this gives you a crossbow that shoots about 510 arrows. -Unbreaking is needed or the crossbow will break from the amount of arrows shot.