Except that's not what Windows does. Just about every app has a different place where you can find the menu (if there is one). Looking at a couple Microsoft apps on Windows 11:
- File Explorer: menu in an ellipsis in the toolbar; toolbar is left aligned so the ellipsis menu is in the middle of the window for a reasonably wide window.
- Edge: menu in an ellipsis to the right of the address bar.
- Windows Terminal: menu in a tiny down-facing caret next to the new tab button.
- regedit: Old-style menu under the title bar.
- Office: you know the ribbons.
I miss notifications on my work computer all the time because the flash color just doesn't stand out very much with my dark theme, and I can't even expand the width because...well it feels like they released an unfinished and unpolished product, again.
I hate that there's trade-offs that shouldn't need to exist with every new version.
Meanwhile my mac I don't think has ever lost functionality or customizability in the last..8ish years I've been using it as my daily driver.
edit: caveat...this is a work computer and obviously has group policies/etc that might affect things. I will correct this post if I'm wrong :)