Security Sale: Because Fear Sells Best
I asked ChatGPT for the title :)
That's what its about. Attempting to head towards the Apple model of locked in walled garden, hence the Windows Store app and the attempt to using their bullshit new MSIX installers (any time I come across one of those its fucking annoying). Scaring people not in the know that they need it for "security innit".
They will sell it as security but its really an attempt to tie the user in, make sales for Microsoft (considering some of their own recently hardly isn't "compatible" with Windows 11) and moving towards a Software as a Service model (hate even writing that term. Most of those "cloud" terms are fucking annoying).
If they aren't careful it will, instead, push people to Linux. If all you want to do is surf the web and use office online (yes they can use Libra Office which I point people too), then all they need is Linux and we know Linux is more secure (until it becomes really popular and then it will be targeted as much as Windows is). But Microsoft won't tell people this, they are quite happy for them to bin their 2 year old laptop in landfill when really it could just run Linux. Their green washing is another point on contention, considering their CoPilot AI caused their carbon footprint to increase last year, not decrease.
Sat Nav is just a greedy cunt.
I can see I'll never get a job at Microsoft :)