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Or VirtualBox’s extensions which make it usable. Those are free to download but could make you an audit target.

Or even Docker Desktop, which is a bunch of $$ that no-one expects (and I think Microsoft is still recommending in the WSL docs).

Is there still a reason to use VirtualBox?

IMO, no. Maybe inertia from people who learned it long ago and stopped looking at the alternatives.