What a load of horse shit. There better be an uproar if anything like that comes to pass because that goes against everything open-source stands for. Idc if I'm not a dev, I know that to be true, I didn't go completely FLOSS to have Windows 11 thrown at me in a different way. I wanted to get away from tech giants, focus on community, and be part of a better future, albeit led by much smarter people then I. Those values do not include sucking the boot of AI companies and their billionaires like the world's biggest hypocrite. Seriously, that's what amazes me: some FLOSS people act like this makes any sort of sense or is a justifiable direction to go in. It's insane.
Also, it would be quite the undertaking, but why not fork the Linux kernel if it comes to that? I know plenty of problems will arise, but there's no way all that work can be thrown aside for a less supported system when Linux is JUST starting to get accepted by some non-techy people and is better supported then ever.
