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Everything I need is still in in the old settings windows that haven't changed in 23 years
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I don't know why I even bother opening the settings app
this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2024
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Like why is it so hard for them? The underlying settings database doesn't have to change, only the UI. Unless it's all so messed up nobody dares touch it.
Based on the progress from Win7 to Win8 to Win10 to Win11, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" doesn't seem to be a prevailing mantra at Microsoft.
Never doing a code rewrite gives you stuff like this: a 15ft long nerve that should only have to travel a few inches
Sure, but you can refactor code without completely changing or removing functional and widely used features. Especially looking at Win11 vs. Win10, it just feels malicious at this point. "How can we shoehorn in more advertising, AI and telemetrics?"