Yep well said.
I know from my own experiences most of the public do not even do simple data backup letalone more sophisticated image backups.
So if somebody calls me for help (significantly less frequent since MS introduced forced security updates), I know with PITR I have some chance of...
As OP has stated, performance is just as poor on 25H2 as 26H2 thus this is not related to Windows version.
At one time, type 2 hypervisor vms would not run if a type 1 hypervisor was active.
However the hyperV hypervisor was updated to include APIs that allow VB to run even if the type one...