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Re:Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue decl... by cubefox on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @01:39AM (#50362161)
> The incredible thing is that Windows 10 was already near perfect.

This is a ridiculous statement given how many people complained about it at the time!

There seems to be a common cognitive bias where things in the past are considered good and things in the present bad. So a few years from now, a bunch of people would say "Windows 12 is so bad, the incredible thing is that Windows 11 was already near perfect", completely forgetting the sentiment at the time.

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Re:Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue decl... by AlAjem on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @03:14AM (#50362681)
Windows 8 hasn't been vindicated by time yet, Windows releases have been more of a pendulum where every other major release is widely adopted (not necessarily beloved) after a misbegotten major release.
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