Lots of consumers buy them directly from Best Buy etc.
But let's say they're only used in schools. Well, then the next generation is being brought up with machines that don't depend on any Windows apps.
> Also running the Linux kernel is an implementation detail, those that allow for GNU/Linux applications and Android, without breaking security into developer mode, do it with additional VMs, hardly any different from running WSL + WSL/Android on Windows 11.
That means it's a subset of Linux. It can't do things Linux can't do, so switching from there to "real" Linux has no significant barriers.
Here in Germany every single time they appear on consumer stores in shopping malls, they get promoted every week until finally they manage to get rid of the stock.
It is always an interesting experience to see the same units with different kinds of offers similar to the pile of Android phones close by.
Most consumers have no idea what real Linux is supposed to, they just see a Laptop that cannot make use of the software most of their friends are using.
Also running the Linux kernel is an implementation detail, those that allow for GNU/Linux applications and Android, without breaking security into developer mode, do it with additional VMs, hardly any different from running WSL + WSL/Android on Windows 11.