
Another with 50+ years in IT.
There are 2 kinds of updates. Necessary (security, HW compatibility) and Feature improvement.
Personally, I hate the mostly
Cosmetic change Updates (Just had some screen time on W11, helping set up a new laptop. Could not find anything

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They keep moving/hiding stuff.
To Me: W7 was a great step forward, improving Security that XP lacked (the stuff before that was a disaster).