If there's one "conspiracy theory" I'm inclined to believe is that Microsoft deliberately makes every other Windows version subpar to the previous in order to m

If there's one "conspiracy theory" I'm inclined to believe is that Microsoft deliberately makes every other Windows version subpar to the previous in order to make the market (that has the memory of a goldfish) applaud the follow-up for... going back to what to how things used to be with a few tweaks in between. It's like they thought that keep improving on the things they work would make them hit a ceiling so instead of steadily climb they take one step back to delay the climb. And the reason why I think it's deliberate is because none of their other products follows that pattern: Azure faces fierce competition so you cannot afford to stumble, C# is amazing compared to Java at least, Office has alternatives breathing on their back, VS Code... used to have competition but now that it's super popular I'm scared it'll be the next product to follow the "Windows progression pattern".