Nah screw needing adb, that absolutely kills free and open source software stores like fdroid, and fdroid have said as much that Google’s then planned signing requirements would lead fdroid to stop.

The only way I’d even be remotely OK with another adb requirement is if

1. it’s a requirement to unlock the ability to install unsigned apps, ie it’s not to an install an app but set a flag
2. #1 becomes a requirement for Google certification so all manufacturers have to allow it
3. It doesn’t cause other types of attestation to fail that we see with unlocked, rooted and third party roms failing certain checks preventing some apps, most commonly banking ones from working

But the comparison is different now, Linux on the desktop is better and Windows is worse.

For example, if you turn off a bunch of telemetry options instead of stopping sending data it stops collecting it. That sounds subtle but it matters. It breaks functionality that has existed for >20 years, simple things like remembering what the last command was in the run dialogue when you open it.