now that gaming is getting better on Linux thanks to proton, I am unbothered

First of all they’re going to have to release a distro which actually has, shock horror, proprietary drivers installed on it, because your average user isn’t going to understand how to install them.

I’ve said this a few times but no one wants to hear it, I understand why they can’t have proprietary drivers, but the fact that they don’t have them is a major reason as to why Linux isn’t more mainstream.

Debian comes with proprietary drivers now

I think it comes with proprietary firmware, not drivers.