I would like to comment on the image in post #16. The image file is titled "spyware.png". It is an image of text that says:
I use VMware on Mac for virtual machines. VMware offers a feature that lets me share Mac folders (directories) with the guest operating systems.
Rather than view everything as intrusive spying on users, I saw it as Microsoft offering a similar convenience to users so they can access their Windows files from WSL. Making it the default may have been heavy handed, but keep in mind that Microsoft's customer base is Windows users, not Linux users. They want to make WSL convenient and easy for them, and giving them access to their Windows files while they use WSL is one way to do that.
(The rest of the post seems to be referring to how the large AI-based companies (e.g. ChatGPT) scraped the internet, gathering vast swathes of data without permission. They may have violated terms of use and individual privacy in the process. There are class action lawsuits over this issue, and Microsoft is one of the defendants . I have no opinion on this, but mention it for completeness.)