I really liked Windows 10. Like I honestly felt like Microsoft had gotten their head out of their ass and started trying to build a good product again. Sure, y

I really liked Windows 10. Like I honestly felt like Microsoft had gotten their head out of their ass and started trying to build a good product again. Sure, you had to use O&O ShutUp (1) and block ads via hosts table (2) and turn off DNS Caching (3) or it would take like 10 minutes to find your internet connection again every time you re-booted... but I felt like they were going in the right direction, and I could mute all the crap I hated. And then Windows 11 came out. And it has zilch in the way of any new features, and they keep pushing more and more of the annoying crap. Like a "search" button that forces Bing, and weather than forces Bing, and "online" that forces Teams and whatever else. And you can turn stuff off, for the most part... But I just feel like they're constantly trying to find new ways to spam their crap on me, and force their other products or services -- many of which I've already told them numerous times I hate. I hate Bing. I hate Teams. I hate all that schlock they're peddling. And they keep making it more pervasive, and harder to turn off. And look, there's no UX improvements I enjoy, there's no features I need... Windows 11, and all of Microsoft's new features for Windows are just garbage. And it was hard to install, I had to do some hacky stuff to get my motherboard to spoof some settings so I could even put Windows 11 on what was at the time a 2-year-old computer. If I had one wish for Microsoft, it would be to stop trying to sell me things via the OS. Just build a good OS, and stop all the other crap. It's not making me say, "Gosh, I love all your new features!" It's making me actively look for alternatives. (1) https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 (2) https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts (3) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/47441/how-to-disable-windows-10-dns-cache-services.html https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/47441/ho...