I have no idea why people still use Ubuntu when all the news and talk about it has just been negative the last few years.

because it’s so easy 🤷‍♂️

How is it easier then any other distro

Compared to say arch, gentoo, lfs. ubuntu is easier to install, but I believe the point you wanted to make is that there are distros that are as easy if not easier to install than ubuntu

You’re comparing apples and reactors. Ubuntu is one of the easy to use distros by design. Distros like that try to keep config file changes and things like that from the user. When that fails, the falling height for users is higher, as they now have to deal with a complex problem. The other ones are designed to be simple and require you to handle potential breaking changes manually by default, which means you’re taught to do these things and won’t be clueless when things get hairy.

You shouldn’t compare Ubuntu to Arch. Compare it to Mint, Pop_OS!, …

Honestly I think they can and should be compared, they’re both distros after all.