What makes Windows XP good relative to modern Windows is what it doesn't have (or doesn't have in comparable amounts): telemetry, advertising, multiple generati

What makes Windows XP good relative to modern Windows is what it doesn't have (or doesn't have in comparable amounts): telemetry, advertising, multiple generations of differing UIs with their own styles, a huge installation footprint, online accounts and cloud services tie-ins, dark patterns to trick people into agreeing to the former, tons of bloatware, etc. A Windows which is a descendant of Windows 8 but is themed like Windows XP is basically worthless and misses the point. It just fetishizes an aesthetic that is in fact only incidentally associated with a less user-hostile era.