Since at least XP, in my memory, and yes it is pretty easy to argue that every version has gotten worse. Some highlights: "Windows 10 nagging users with Bing

Since at least XP, in my memory, and yes it is pretty easy to argue that every version has gotten worse. Some highlights: "Windows 10 nagging users with Bing advertisements (push alerts)" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27337382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27337382 "Why can an ad break the Windows 11 desktop and taskbar?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28404332 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28404332 "Microsoft accidentally reveals that it is testing ads in Windows Explorer" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30711277 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30711277 EDIT: And to finish the throughline back to XP, every version of Windows since then has included more "telemetry", which a perfectly reasonable person could describe as "spyware".