You're getting downvoted, but this is precisely what has been going on. The root cause is that Microsoft hired a bunch of UX designers to revamp Windows 11, bu

You're getting downvoted, but this is precisely what has been going on. The root cause is that Microsoft hired a bunch of UX designers to revamp Windows 11, but all of them are Mac users. They're basically copying the MacOS style into Windows, whether it makes sense or not. They don't even use Windows, so they're not eating their own dog food. To them, "success" is that it looks superficially "Mac-like", job done. Like you, I'm getting fed up with these changes, most of which are objectively worse. I also tried the "new" Outlook, and it was staggeringly bad. Not only was it shockingly slow, the UI got dumbed down and there's wasted whitespace everywhere. Essential information is hidden, and the whole thing looks like a PowerPoint presentation of what an email client looks like instead of an actual piece of usable software.