We're so far behind from having alternative OSes that are able to run software that's based on Win APIs that any compromise seems reasonable. Essentially, all we have at present is monopolistic, spying, ad-dropping Microsoft or nothing, so any alternative has to be better.

Linux with Wine is fine in its own right and I use the combination but it isn't a true substitute for the ordinary user who has been used to using Windows for decades. Witness the pitifully small numbers of Linux desktop installations compared with Windows and the even smaller number of Linux users who use Wine. (Yes, I know Linux's desktop share has increase recently, and that's a good thing, but the numbers are still trivial.)

Seems to me pragmatism has to reign in the way that many users install Nvidia drivers on Linux. Granted, it's not the ideal for open source but the compromise is better than the alternatives.