They are testing a desktop watermark for unsupported configuration, so it does seem like someone in Microsoft isn't happy with people bypassing the cpu and Tpm

They are testing a desktop watermark for unsupported configuration, so it does seem like someone in Microsoft isn't happy with people bypassing the cpu and Tpm requirements. Perhaps that cat is out of the bag for Windows 11 and so they want to move ahead with Windows 12 that would see cpu and Tpm requirements fully enforced.