If you dont want to run a vm you could still try installing what you need with Wine or Lutris, etc. One day we will have great software for all niches but youre right we aint there yet lol

I dont think we should worry about take overs… LLM’s are dumber than rocks and will never actually “think”, and AGI is still make-believe. The only thing real about AI is the hype. I am waiting for the AI crash so i can watch these megacorps autocannibalize and die like the .com copies they are.