How are you going to woo “prosumers” with ads in the start menu? Id pay extra not to see ads, which means I’m happy to pay a premium to use an Apple computer. Seems like the team was doomed from the start.
"Hey, here is a quick hover over widget layout showing you your agenda, tasks and your daily flood/wildfire warning. Sounds good, you say? Oh, they'll forcibly open in Edge and here's 294986 stupid "news" articles you don't want and can't turn off. Aren't we great?"
I would have paid extra not to be forced to sign in with a Microsoft account at standard OOBE and Windows 11 Pro is going to eliminate that option later this year.
I think they realized that they are not willing to give up on that sweet quick advertisement cash. Microsoft is on the path to self-destruction due to their greed.
It's happening in various places, just slowly. Offices are moving to macs. Others to dumb terminals connecting to a single server. Enterprise software is moving to hosted offerings accessible via browser. MS is not going away for decades, but they definitely pissed people off and now there are alternatives.
