Comment by lutusp

> OTOH on Linux out of the box they'd get /media/usb0, /media/usb1 etc. Which has the same exact problem.

Linux can exploit the UUIDs of USB drives to avoid confusion, and Linux users know how to do this. Windows has a way to do this also, but Windows users often don't know it.

> ... (except on Windows you can do it with a few clicks with a mouse)

Yes, clicks that are not in the average Windows user's skill set. This is more about technical knowledge than it is about a choice of OS, but overall, Linux rewards knowledge, while Windows punishes it.