Possibly..
But that would seem to be a possible issue of being denied your right to choose any operating system you want and maybe a lawsuit against Microsoft as well..
Not sure.
Just guessing.
If MS had the hardware mfrs put in something that would not allow the hardware to work with any other OS, that would be “maintaining an monopoly” and as such would be illegal, big time..........Having a monopoly isn’t illegal. Maintaining one is.........