Comment by WorldMaker

Yeah, it is often mentioned that WSL1/WSL2 are bad names when 2 isn't a direct successor as much as a peer that works well side-by-side. Something like WSLA and WSLB might been useful to help it feel less abandoned. The number of scenarios where WSL1 is better than WSL2 are fewer and weirder, so it will always feel "second ran", but Microsoft still seems to want to support it for the few weird use cases that are left (just not huge new ones that would need massive rewrites or compatibility lab teams to run more massive suites of Linux applications).

Also, yeah the lack of Google Play Services sure was a big issue with WSA, no matter how much Amazon want people to believe their replacements for Google Play Services are fine enough for most users/apps. Google Play Services is quite a moat today.