This is going to kill Linux's long-term ability to run directly on consumer hardware if it becomes the primary way people access a Linux userspace. Without use

This is going to kill Linux's long-term ability to run directly on consumer hardware if it becomes the primary way people access a Linux userspace. Without users running Linux on current consumer hardware, its support to do so will atrophy. What MS is doing is the inverse of what's best for the users. We should be running the Libre kernel+drivers directly on the metal, if you need Windows run that in a VM.