Reply to post: Windows 10 was not a "democratic design"

Windows 10 was not a "democratic design"

The most requested feature for Windows 10 was Aero. Guess what was not put back in Windows 10?

Windows 10 feedback was really nothing more than a way for Microsoft to find bugs (and they didn't find them all before their hard-and-fast launch date) and to confirm their vision for the future. I and many people requested a logical, customizable, hierarchy based start menu like the one found in Windows 7 and Classic Shell. That was ignored. Feedback that suggested improvements to the mini-metro start menu were implemented. I and many others requested all tracking to be disabled in the final build. I even submitted my complaint, not as feedback, but as a problem because telemetry is a problem. Ignored.

So long as the feedback aligned with Microsoft's vision for Win10, it was listened to. They were not looking for democracy, they were looking for affirmation.