> I'm a F/OSS guy at heart who has reluctantly become a daily Mac user due to corporate constraints that preclude Linux
I suspect this move was designed to stop losing people like you to WSL.
As a long-time Linux user, I can confidently say that the experience of using a M1 Pro is significantly superior to WSL on Windows!
I can happily use my Mac as my primary machine without much hassle, just like I would often do with WSL.
I'm in that camp— I was an Intel Mac user for a decade across three different laptops, and switched to WSL about six years ago. Haven't strongly considered returning.
> I suspect this move was designed to stop losing people like you to WSL.
I am also thinking the same, Docker desktop experience was not that great at least on Intel Macs