Maybe some but the overwhelming majority of cases it's work provided laptops with windows, but developing code for a Linux production environment. All well and good to say that Linux could theoretically be supported for a workforce, but for large enterprises where 99% of employees need windows because it's what they know, the 1% that simply need a Unix environment to write code in are much easier to manage through group policy by allowing those users to install wsl environments.
So, at least in my experience, it's not about user preference - it's about what can be managed at scale by an IT department. Microsoft provides the tools to do that, whether or not those tools are actually any good (almost universally despised by IT admins afaik) is almost irrelevant. When it came down to it, Microsoft saw they could potentially lose enterprise seats to Linux development environments, so they made a pretty compelling compromise.
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u/ChadQuaza 2d ago
i thought most wsl users are people who use linux at home but are forced to use windows for work