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

prmoustache 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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

	▲	AdrianB1 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		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.

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db48x 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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detritus 6 hours ago | parent [-]

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.

	▲	tombert 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I think in your situation I'd use a Mac just because they don't show you a bunch of advertising bullshit all the time, but I do understand the overall point: a lot of software simply doesn't exist on Linux. Wine is getting better and better, but it's still not perfect yet. I am so wishing that they figure out a way to get modern MS Office working, and then I feel like a lot of people's only reasons for staying on Windows would suddenly disappear.
	▲	mistercheph 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		You are a digital serf, dependent on the good will and love of a lord that gives you access in exchange for a tax. I really wish free(libre) tools existed that allowed you to do your work. Hopefully they will in the future, I am sure someone has tried/is trying to build them.
	▲	stOneskull 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		sounds like a bubble

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layer8 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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