> Windows is still a PITA to deal with
I think even a big chunk of Windows users would agree with that too.
However, the point is, it's still massively, unbelievably popular and not supporting Windows is like having a web app that doesn't run on Safari (which IMHO also suck from a developers perspective, pretty okay when just using).
You can get away with it, yes, but your audience will be (depending on context) unnecessarily limited.
Yeah, I did kinda argue next to your point. haha
Power shells New-Service command didn’t work for you??
I did use something from the terminal (no idea what terminal, there's like 4...), and it installed, but then when I ran it it timed out. Finally found something called "NSSM", and that worked a treat. Of course, only after wading through 100 paid clones with huge Google Ad budgets.
That said, it's still a VM and Windows is still a PITA to deal with. Just today I wanted install a script as a Windows service. Windows won't do it. You have to Google for 20 minutes, then download some .exe and use that as a wrapper. The simplest things are difficult or impossible, and I don't think shoving your life into a VM is going to solve all that.