Shameless plug: I've developed and maintain a couple of tools to control Windows 10/11 updates, telemetry and other potentially unwanted network traffic: FlashBoot and Emergency Boot Kit. Using these tools you can make Windows 10/11 completely silent online if you want to (akin to Windows 7 or Windows XP).

https://www.prime-expert.com/flashboot/

https://www.prime-expert.com/embootkit/

You are welcome. One-time purchase, lifetime updates. Not a subscription.

Feels like I've been hearing "Update X makes Y worse" or "Update X destroys hardware Y" a lot more this year with Windows. Seems like they are fully embracing AI at Microsoft.

More firepower for the gamers to move to Linux.

Steam will trigger a further exodus with their Steam Box once folks realize they have none of the constraints and a great experience.

it is surreal to watch the relentless beating MS has taken at its own hands

there’s no competitor out there clobbering them, they are doing this to themselves

Can we also talk about how Win11 just randomly drops audio for no reason after even a brief period of silence, then takes some random amount of time to start playing sound again? I'd say it was a problem with my home theater/gaming rig, but it happens on my work machine too.