[brooke2k]

Having a job that requires Windows is not what I would call self-inflicted.

[prmoustache]

That is besides the point. In that case it is self-inflicted by the company choosing to depend on it.

[AdrianB1]

Until recently (<10 years ago) Windows and native Windows apps (like Office) were the norm in most companies. Almost all employees knew how to use Windows. Re-training all was difficult. Now, with mostly web-apps for most non-IT employees it is a realistic change, but I am still not sure corporations will want to run without Active Directory and Crowdstrike.

[db48x]

True. It is a would inflicted by your employer in that case. Maybe you could find a different one that doesn’t inflict such wounds.

[detritus]

What a bubble you exist in. I'm self-employed and my entire suite of software is either windows or apple only and I have 'been a pc' for nearly thirty years and have pc hardware that fulfills all my requirements and can't run apple software.

I'm eyeing up a shift to apple when my current hardware fails me, but it's impossible for me to just go Linux.

[layer8]

The job should give you Windows Enterprise with the correct group policies that disable most of the enshittification. Otherwise it’s self-inflicted.