But it works 99.999% of use-cases as a business decision, what do you suggest windows should do to make it a better user experience for their customers? > You

But it works 99.999% of use-cases as a business decision, what do you suggest windows should do to make it a better user experience for their customers? > You should be constructing a response to a challenge from the other end, not a response to a simple GET like it's 1999. Really? Isn't simple better here, why are you making this sound so crazy? Also you can turn it off. The author also had a good response for spoofing question imo: "So what if somebody spoofs it? Congratulations, you tricked Windows into showing a “full internet access” icon, and then when the user tries to go to a web site, they get an error." You sound like a typical engineer who cannot see the bigger picture of business decisions.