I actually don't agree much with the article. I think that all modern OSes (macOS, Windows and even Linuxes) are much much better from the usability perspective than years ago.
Some UI elements and patterns are indeed problematic, but it doesn't really that of a big deal, and some of them are the results of compromises.
Most of these complains are because people don't like change and it is ok.
I recently started using Windows 11 after a decade on macOS (have to port some apps there), and was very surprised by the UI improvements in the core components. I asked couple of colleagues about those, and most of them hated the change and were not using new features.