What Stockholm Syndrome is this? Why should you have to do this in the first place?
Professional softwares, WSL2 and awesome native apps (Dopus, AHK2...)
I always try Linux but the fragmented nature just is not for me for desktop usage.
I run Linux in a VM and Docker on it, and WSL2. No problems with anything.
I don't see any ads. I turn a number of "intrusive" features off, but nothing is hacked; these are just settings you can switch off.
(I am running Pro, though.)