I'm primarily a Mac user rather than a Linux user. Occasionally there is an app I want to use that just doesn't have a macOS version, so I use WINE because then I can run it nearly-seamlessly. A Windows VM can't conveniently access my files, takes up 20GB of disk space, needs regular updating, takes time to boot and shut down, takes up more screen space than the app window itself, requires a license fee, needs its own 2GB of RAM, etc. If and when WINE works, it “just” runs the app for me.