I can see that but for me, I don’t want the hassle or overhead of running all that extra software and I’ve installed VMware on servers quite a few times
Messing with operating systems and software is more like baking cookies for me. Cookies are not really good for you, but they do give some pleasure when eaten. I have a good time setting systems up and troubleshooting. We have a minor heat wave right now making it unpleasant to work on some outdoor projects that I need to get done. This is a diversion.
The subsystem is only started if you open one of the applications that uses it. After you are done, it can be easily shut back down. So, there is not necessarily a great deal of "overhead".