Unfortunately I'm gone be subjected to 11 at work on my company laptop.

And this is why they get away with so much bullshit. Think about how much of Windows 11 and Edge's usage is coming from people that don't have a choice because their workplace forces it (because Microsoft tells them they must).

To avoid another failure like Windows 8, they learned a decade ago to stop trying to attract people to your new OS with quality design and desirable features, because then you'd actually have to listen to feedback and give a shit what users want instead of what executives want to push on them.

So instead they further tied features together with security, and pulled the plug on support for old versions much sooner.

Because when your corner cutting and trend chasing fails to attract users, you can still hold a gun to their head and tell them "update now or be 'unsecure'." And business customers really don't have a choice, there.

it's a tend that had been an enormous boon for disrespectful design and dark patterns in the last 20 years.