What are the core problems I am skipping? That people like to bitch about Microsoft just like they bitch about gas prices but don't take any steps to address the issue?

Look we suck it up on Windows for very specific legacy software, but every year more and more LoB apps are web apps, either we write them that way or they're cloud versions. These all work fine on Linux and Mac, you do not need Windows.

We are even seeing companies like Autodesk provide some products on Mac, and there are competitors on Linux too.

If you actually used Microsoft in the enterprise you would also be up to speed on how they are pushing against "over management" of the fleet, and you should just use update rings and intune and stop wasting time with SCCM / MCM / Whatever it's called this year. This argument about managibility is Microsoft 2005, not Microsoft 2025. Linux has more management now than Microsofts modern management suite, by design. And if you're using 3rd party to fix that on windows, you are not just fighting Microsoft but you can not then disregard 3rd party on Linux.

The problem with this argument is not that I am saying you can do everything you can do with Windows on Linux, just like there's a lot you can't do on Windows you can on Linux. I am saying that it's practically like Dodge vs Toyota trucks. There's way more of an overlap than people like to admit.

Maybe there is a specific app you all are thinking of that you need Windows for, but I don't actually think the average person needs Windows anymore except inertia. And the needs are going down as more stuff is cloud available.