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> Windows is more than justn operating system

So we decided to make meaningless and confusing UI changes! Nevermind that billions of people rely on their knowledge of this OS's interface, fuck 'em! We're just so damn innovative all the time!

It's the "we have to do something!!!" mentality driven by the piles and piles of cash Microsoft has just lying around.

This! Just when everyone was finally getting used to Windows 10.... Finally...

With the growing awareness that tech giants possess intimate knowledge of our preferences, activities, and lives - and use that influence to literally addict us to technology, sell us things, influence us politically - who the f*ck wants another fantastically wealthy corporation "woven into our lives"?

I mean, honestly, does anyone else yearn for the pre-2000 Internet? It sure feels increasingly like we're living in a tech dystopia.

Most of these companies don't even pay taxes, they are literally leeches trying to suck blood out of everyone in their path.

source?

None.

But Windows is less and less a money maker for Microsoft, so it's the obvious route.