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IMO it all went down the toilet with 10 and I don't see the next "good" release ever happening again. 8 and 8.1 were the last death throes of decent design, an
by selfhoster11 5y ago
IMO it all went down the toilet with 10 and I don't see the next "good" release ever happening again.
8 and 8.1 were the last death throes of decent design, and then they started making a mess of everything in Windows 10. Not only didn't they reverse it with Windows 11, they doubled down on it when they had a perfect chance to rebrand with a "back to the classics" comeback to Windows 7-like UI without backlash.
Their trajectory is locked in. Barring a miracle and re-prioritising on their users, "good" Windows releases are dead forever. Looking forward to the LGR Retrospective on "Windows 7, the last good version of Windows" in about 10 years time.