My rather distant friend has a tendency of not reading what happens on the screen. She uses her computers for years only for browsing the web and writing papers. Whatever else obstructs her way is dealt with "next next finish" approach. Despite I told her many times, she should read and look up for solutions online if there's any doubt.

She locked her W11 laptop. Disk was encrypted and she couldn't recall neither login or password for MS account.

Encrypting disk by default but giving the password to microsoft makes no sense.

I'm way more scared of airport security stealing my laptop and getting access than I am of someone breaking into my home with the purpose of accessing my data.

Basically it hassles people like your friend, protects against the very unlikely scenario while leaving the more likely scenario unprotected.

Not to mention of course the bitlocker backdoor that was discovered last month.