pre-installed

If you get the pre-installed VM, it only takes a couple minutes from first boot to ready to use.

It's very simple to create an executable for Windows with Freewrap so that your users don't need anything pre-installed.

My experience of Ubuntu Server is that it's basically just Debian with a few management tools pre-installed (reporting, supervisord, etc).

Raspbian, the default OS for Raspberry Pi, actually includes JavaScriptCore as a standard, pre-installed component.

Potential advantages are manageability, scaling, cost reduction due to pay-per-use, and integration with popular cloud tech (eg Docker) pre-installed on that server.

After that, completely locked down, and often with many pre-installed annoying things on it.

My current Dell Inspiron 3437 came pre-installed with Ubuntu and only cost 250+ USD.

The web cruft problem parallels software bloat and the crapware problem (gratuitous junk software pre-installed on your devices before you purchase them).

All major laptop manufacturers (Dell, Lenovo, Asus, Acer) sell laptops with pre-installed Linux.

I personally use OpenWrt on my home wireless router because it provides more capabilities than the firmware that came pre-installed.

It comes with lots of good software pre-installed that just work.

Ubuntu and similar, along with zeitgeist pre-installed, do exactly the same.

Does "No Surprises" mean I won't find unwanted Firefox extensions pre-installed by Mozilla that are impossible to remove and only serve to reduce privacy by opening up new unwanted avenues to access my input and broadcast it over third party non-mozilla private networks?