I use Windows 11 for work and I quite like it. With the Enterprise edition, our admins have put in (probably lots of) work to strip out the cruft, ads, AI, shovelware etc and the result is a good experience. It loads quickly, is very responsive and the window management works great for multitasking. If home users could (easily) get the same experience it would be great. However, on my home PC I have to deal with:
- Apps being installed without my consent
- AI garbage that I don't use
- Every time there is a major update I have to go through an annoying wizard trying to get me to buy microsoft services I don't want or need
- The time Edge harvested all my saved passwords and history from Chrome and switched itself to my default browser without asking.
It seems mad that Microsoft have built a pretty good product and seem to be purposefully making it annoying as possible for home users to live with. I really want to cut my losses and go full Linux, but there is still just a bit too much faff to get some games running even with Proton so I'm stuck with them for now.