Almost certainly. I remember hearing Apple saying that they asked for Windows on ARM and were told no. That being said, ARM hardware is nowhere close to being

Almost certainly. I remember hearing Apple saying that they asked for Windows on ARM and were told no. That being said, ARM hardware is nowhere close to being cross-vendor interoperable[0] and going from Qualcomm to Apple Silicon would require a significant reverse-engineering effort on Microsoft's part. The "spare key under the doormat" is running Windows on ARM in a VM under macOS. [0] Hell, most vendors don't even bother with generational interoperability. Each chip is it's own island. Apple Silicon is a very unique exception.