Have to use Windows for work (I’ve asked), the ads have been getting worse and worse on my work laptop. Today got a game ad notification… That’s clearly too far, right? Like I have to clear notifications, so I have to see it

  • JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    711·
    11 months ago

    That’s because your it department either sucks or just doesn’t have time to fix this. Windows can be made to be great for work environments, as evidenced by 80% of all workers who use a computer using a windows computer

    • UnPassive@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      31·
      11 months ago

      Lol I had to install AutoHotKey just to be able to do some basic keymapping on Windows. “Can be made good” is so different than “is good”

      But yes our IT team is just one dude with a degree in biology

        • JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Fun is not the intention of a workplace and the majority of the workforce doesn’t have need of terminal use for their job. Windows properly controlled with group policy works well for the majority of the workforce, hence why it has a dominant market share

      • JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        And that’s great, the extreme minority of the human workforce that is doing programming is free to use Linux if they want. That doesn’t change the fact that windows is the best option for the majority of the worlds workers so long as an it department makes half a dozen settings changes via group policy.

        Karen in accounting doesn’t need a customizable kernel or a terminal that allows unfettered control of the OS, she just needs her excel macros and pivot tables to function so she do brain dead spreadsheets 9 hours a day.

    • WasPentalive@lemmy.one
      21·
      11 months ago

      That does not mean Windows is great in a work environment, it just means the IT department can’t or won’t support 2 OSs (or 3 if some of your officemates are allowed to use a Mac).