I highly disagree, and I think Windows 10 is actually one of the most desktop-oriented UI's ever. Some things might be touch optimized for when you use devices

I highly disagree, and I think Windows 10 is actually one of the most desktop-oriented UI's ever. Some things might be touch optimized for when you use devices like a Surface, but on a day to day basis I don't feel like I'm using something that hasn't been designed for desktop. Improvements to the task bar for things like switching audio devices and condensing of the ribbons on Explorer have been huge for me. Most people are quick to point out how control panel has been bastardized and such, but honestly I love the move towards a unified "Settings" area. Not everything has made it over, but slowly with each update more and more is added. Tbh, I absolutely loathe control panel from <=Win7. Trying to find something is always difficult and there's no unified layout to any of the .cpl applets. Windows 8/8.1 was terrible because it forced you to use this stupid full screen start menu. It was distracting and slow and pretty damn ugly when you start looking at icons for programs that haven't been updated in 20 years. All that has been scaled back and while ads on the start menu are not something that should be glossed over (they _are_ absolutely terrible, and Microsoft deserves to be shit talked), it's still the best start menu interface I've seen. Honestly if you want an example of a terrible desktop user interface / experience, look no further than macOS. With each update they seem to move more towards an iOS model of a walled garden. What really perplexes me is Apple doesn't seem to give two damns about a touch interface on their OS, and yet they're moving all of their design to be more mobile-centric with things like Launchpad or the absolute lobotomy of iTunes.