I think there are benefits to using Docker on Windows without relying on WSL2, especially when you need to run windows containers that depend on HypervV. I've worked at a few .Net shops that were stuck with .Net Framework with no clear, not easy way to modernize, so perhaps a compromise is containerize the applications into Windows containers.

Doesn’t wsl2’s docker rely on the windows docker desktop? Because there’s no systemd in wsl2, the regular docker service wouldn’t run anyway.