There was a short time period between when Balmer left and the beginning of Windows desktop enshittification with ads and the (frankly insufferable) AI hype whe

There was a short time period between when Balmer left and the beginning of Windows desktop enshittification with ads and the (frankly insufferable) AI hype where Microsoft appeared to be on the right path. A saner Microsoft acquiring Github could have actually turned out to be a good thing, but alas...