You could try EndeavourOS, it's based off Arch, so 99% of the Arch wiki can be directly applied to your system, and the installation process is much more normal with a GUI and a selection of Desktop Environment to choose from.
The hardest part with Arch is getting the initial setup working imo, so you can put a few more hours trying to install it (if you're ready to bear the frustration that might come with it) or pick a distro like EndeavourOS with a GUI installer to get a working system quicker.
I was wondering how real this statement, so I did the napkin math:
The average american salary is just shy of 60k[1]. If we follow a 50/30/20 budget[2], 20% goes into savings, so 12k. Assuming that the savings of an average person is roughly similar to a company's revenue, we get 36.46B / 12k ~= 3 million times more revenue per year
So this 1.2B fine is equivalent to: 1.2B / 3M = 467$ for an average American
(I repeat, this is napkin math, but I think it still shows how small the fine is)
[1]: https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/business/hr-payroll/average-salary-us/
[2]: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/nerdwallet-budget-calculator