Ah, that explains the poorer performance when comparing to AWS or GCP, now it makes sense, thanks!
When not AWS, it is Azure, so the performance isn't that bad to start with.
Also AWS and GCP aren't running cloud instances of game consoles (which also use a variation of Windows), GCP one (Stadia) powered by Linux was a failure, nor are they running an AI service being used by millions of folks around the globe.
Not bad.