Can't someone make a new party that actually represents working class people and just get rid of Democrats? By many other countries politics, Democrats look more right than left
I agree with all of your statements there, the FOMO and lock-in effect has what has lead to such a dependence.
Not to mention IT staff are heavily geared to supporting Microsoft products and eco systems. Not saying most IT professionals can't pivot but when the whole industry is Microsoft focused then you're at a disadvantage if you're not up to speed.
Microsoft offers the operating system for endpoints and a good number of servers
They offer the office suite which I'm sure over 90% of companies use
They offer file sharing solutions such as OneDrive and SharePoint which integrate natively with the office suite offering
They offer the critical business services for creating accounts, managing devices, deploying software and updates, many of these features integrate natively with the operating system
They offer security services, which again, integrate natively with the operating system.
Its not impossible to find solutions to all of these, but finding reasonable alternatives that only work a fraction as good as some of the native features Microsoft offers, it's understandable that there becomes a dependence on just sticking with the Microsoft option.
Its honestly getting to the point now where doing these home setups are so much simpler than owning these proprietary streaming boxes which have everything locked up to serve you ads or just steal data in general.
Hooking a PC up to the TV even to watch the paid services is probably better at this point.
Look at the stock today, its in free fall. Never too late to have a crack!