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My own anti-Windows rhetoric and that of others I chat with almost never includes the sentiment that "Windows is somehow the only OS in the world you can't customize." On the contrary, it does have considerable flexibility.

No, what we don't like is the bloated, boggy UX, the built-in always-on spyware, and the product-on-rails BS masquerading as predictive features intended to ease use. It's the OS for the lowest common denominator, and we avoid it because of that.

I don't understand how one can bear an OS where you need to start removing stuff before you can use it without suffering.

OS is a bit different from other software.

"But iOS/Nintendo Switch/OS on your dishwasher..." ok there is a reason I don't use these as my desktop.

I keep having to re-customize it after every update.

Just remove it every time it unremoves itself too, whats the big deal!? /eyeroll

Sisyphos sure is a fool rolling up that rock, when he could reach the mountain top and just let go