Much easier to manage than procure desktop or laptops for external devs.
$195 / per device + $6/month usage. Which for corporate IT, is probably a bargain vs some depreciating hardware + Microsoft OS + Office licenses + backups/virus/etc.
Edit: Wait, I misread, it is $6 / month + whatever virtual machine is being hosted.
No connection to the internal IT other then the sync.
If something goes haywire the Laptop gets nuked and replaced on the same day
A ransomware incident where every "workstation" becomes encrypted, losing availability. We could re-create every workstation (in this case, Desktop in a Cloud) likely within an hour.
Compared to rebuilding every laptop? Days.
If availability of the Thin Client is lost, the DR might be as simple as a factory reset or could be to use a personal device to connect to the Desktop in the Cloud.
Then a COTS thin client could be re-shipped which has no customisation. Using Amazon for fulfillment, that would be at the persons house or office the following day. As it doesn't need any changes made, there is reduced pressure on IT support to re-onboard everyone.
