I've been using Windows daily since 3.1 and, while there are been some digressions at various points over the years, MSFT always eventually managed to course correct and get things back on track. But I gave up on Windows 11 a few months ago and am slowly migrating all my Win11 systems back to Win10.
I gave up because it's been over three years during which MSFT has repeatedly demonstrated the Windows business is being operated with fundamentally different priorities in the Win11 era than it ever has been. The myriad things which have been removed from Win11 and the new things which are annoying on a daily basis are not regressions. They're not going to be fixed because these new priorities are now part of MSFT's core strategy for the Windows business. They have prioritized incessantly promoting adjacent subscription businesses and de-prioritized making Windows a complete, feature-rich, functional and streamlined tool for individual power users.
For the past 30 years, Windows has generally gotten better for users like me (with a few detours, which were corrected). It's not that MSFT always did everything the way I'd prefer but, even when we disagreed on implementation, we remained largely in sync on the overall goals. Since Win11, it's become clear that Microsoft's interests are no longer mostly aligned with my own interests as an individual power user.
I gave up because it's been over three years during which MSFT has repeatedly demonstrated the Windows business is being operated with fundamentally different priorities in the Win11 era than it ever has been. The myriad things which have been removed from Win11 and the new things which are annoying on a daily basis are not regressions. They're not going to be fixed because these new priorities are now part of MSFT's core strategy for the Windows business. They have prioritized incessantly promoting adjacent subscription businesses and de-prioritized making Windows a complete, feature-rich, functional and streamlined tool for individual power users.
For the past 30 years, Windows has generally gotten better for users like me (with a few detours, which were corrected). It's not that MSFT always did everything the way I'd prefer but, even when we disagreed on implementation, we remained largely in sync on the overall goals. Since Win11, it's become clear that Microsoft's interests are no longer mostly aligned with my own interests as an individual power user.