"Why do people willingly use Windows?"
Because they are brainwashed into thinking it's the easiest platform, and that any problems they encounter are because that's just how computers are.
this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2025
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Or because work requires us to
That sounds more like forced than willing to me.
It's the de facto standard for many reasons, none of them being individuals' choices. Microsoft paid and pushed for Windows to become the default OS on pretty much all OEM hardware, they lobbied super hard to push people into using Office, they gave massive discounts on licences for corporations, big and small companies.
It has nothing to do with individual choices, it created the problem you mentioned in your comment though. People just became complacent and ignorant because of that, not the other way around.
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I used windows out of concern that my university may use an application unavailable on Linux (I'm an electrical engineering major) I shouldn't have been since even if there isn't, I could always use bottles/wine to get the .exe file.
That's fair. I've noticed that Wine's support of non-game software can be hit or miss depending on what it is.
I'd say your case is more necessity than willingness.
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Me in an alternate timeline where Linux is proprietary and the defacto OS on the majority of computers:
Hello, my name is Jack Wallen, and I'm a glutton for punishment.
Bro really wants us to know hes been a bad boy 😭