I liked 8 more than 10. The wonky interface was preferable to the ridiculous, unavoidable Windows Update regime and telemetry. I halfway believe that they make

I liked 8 more than 10. The wonky interface was preferable to the ridiculous, unavoidable Windows Update regime and telemetry. I halfway believe that they make every other release bad on purpose, in order to make the poison pill of the next one easier to swallow (post Vista->7, when they realized that this was a viable strategy).