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Obviously, a first class local virtual machine is superior in most ways, but Apple in particular is way too stubborn about blocking this.

I think a secure VM would be a really cool choice for remote work. If it could be optionally locked down by the host operating system so you couldn't get at the disk, then BYOD would be a lot simpler.

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There is an x86 virtual machine running Linux available on the App Store now.

https://ish.app/

Now would Apple allow a full blown Windows VM is a different question

That's an x86 emulator with all the performance and battery penalties that entails, and not even full JIT like Rosetta would provide.

There is no hardware virtualization on Apple’s A series chips.

Not quite true. The hardware supports it but iOS does not.

https://worthdoingbadly.com/hv/

Why would they block another great reason for people to buy their hardware?

Fair - I am advocating for the user :)

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