It’s fair to say that 2025 was a rough year for Microsoft’s desktop OS. Windows 11 has been deemed by many to be the latest “bad” version of Windows, thanks to constant buggy updates, frequent enshittification, and an overall failure to treat Windows as a first-class citizen by its maker.
In the last few months alone, Microsoft has endured serious pushback from users who are unhappy with the direction Windows is heading. The company has tried to position Windows as a frontier platform for AI, integrating Copilot across a myriad of in-box apps and UI surfaces.
