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Why? me and SO have been on mint only for a year now and love it.
Couple other pcs have popos which is OK but a bit buggy for me
Because of outdated packages and UI, same for Pop OS, at least before Cosmic
Possibly for this reason, Mint is a great choice for "keep my PC going so I can get to the google and the email and the facebook without having to buy another $1000 machine." Mint is my go-to to keep a Pre-TPM computer on the road.
Mint is based on Ubuntu LTS. The packages aren't THAT out of date. Most people don't give a shit if they're running the bleeding edge of kernels or what version of mesa is installed. If it works with their hardware, they're good.