This is a solvable problem and there's even pacman hooks around to do it for you

But also don't blame Linux. Even your comment says the problem is Microsoft. We need to be collectively mad at the right entity if we're going to get them to change. Otherwise they'll keep bullying people and they've found that they can bully people so much it gives them Stockholm Syndrome, where they feel they can't leave.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware...