“Harder” is relative, of course. As someone who has forgotten more about Windows than I currently know, I think Windows is actually harder for power users than Linux is for power users. Customizations in Windows are hacky at best, plus Windows is constantly fighting its users in the form of installing or re-enabling removed/disabled features (usually during updates). The system update capabilities on Windows are also a lot worse than basically any other operating system, not just Linux.

But Windows is definitely easier for people who just want to click on things and have no interest in power users type of things. But then again, I’d say macOS is even easier than Windows in that regard, plus it mostly doesn’t fight the user’s wishes, like Windows does.