Ask HN: Do You Use a VDI?

Our large company is slowly transitioning us from physical development machines to VDI[0] instances. At first as part of remote working during the pandemic, but possibly on a permanent basis. My gut reaction was to cringe. The latency and lack of options are annoying at best. But it is hard to ignore the security benefits. So I got to thinking, how do the FAANGs of the world handle this?

[0] https://www.vmware.com/topics/glossary/content/virtual-desktop-infrastructure-vdi