In a sense, it has been for a long time.

With Linux, there's often a good clean way to do a thing, and then there are weird hacks.

On Windows, it often starts with weird hacks, as Microsoft is further enclosing its ecosystem.

(I use Windows mostly for gaming and VR, and still have to constantly fiddle with the system to keep it working on a basic level, sad face emoji. Who would've thunk that merely playing a 8K European documentary in VR would require configuring DirectShow filters found on GitHub.)