Microsoft finally realizes Windows 11 is too annoying, but can it be fixed?
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Microsoft has acknowledged that Windows 11 has become increasingly annoying due to monetization and neglect of core features, and has begun a focus on performance and reliability. However, the promised fixes, including those for File Explorer, Search, and Start, are still in progress and may take months to reach users.
Microsoft's Windows boss Pavan Davuluri wrote an open letter earlier this year admitting that the company had been ignoring customer feedback for years, with Windows becoming more about monetization than user experience. In a recent progress report, Davuluri outlined improvements to memory efficiency, boot times, File Explorer, Search, and Start, but without providing benchmarks or measurements, making the claims hard to verify. The report is seen as an admission of neglecting core Windows functionality, as many fixes address long-standing issues with responsiveness and reliability that should have been resolved long ago. The pressure to add new AI-based features remains, and the question is whether Microsoft will continue to prioritize fixing existing problems over introducing new potential annoyances.
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