Our commitment to Windows quality

Otherwise it wouldn't take years to unbreak the simple stuff like taskbar positioning!

> Thank you for holding us to a high standard

"We" apologize for failing to do that!

> moving core Windows experiences to the WinUI3 framework.

Is that the framework that's incapable of the most basic frameworky thing - displaying non-blurry text and hopes that high-dpi screens will save us?

> Enhancing Search: Delivering faster, more accurate results with consistent search experience across Windows surfaces > Substantially lower latency for search,

Everything has existed for many years and solved the speed/latency! Some file managers were even smart enough to integrate it!

> Improving the Start and Taskbar experience: Making these core Windows surfaces more reliable, flexible and personalized

Similarly, Windhawk already exist, take that power and make it built-in and easier to mod/apply!

P.S. By the way, when have we retired programs and apps?

> File Explorer is one of the most used surfaces

But since real users live at the level of the ecosystem, what's hard about understanding that they can't replace a lacking ecosystem with "inherent traits"?

I've used Windows since 3.1. Win 11 was the straw that broke the camel's back. I moved to CachyOS a few months ago and I honestly can't find a reason to switch back.

It's not sitting at 60-65% and has been slowly bleeding for the last 20 years or so. In my opinion, anyone who have figured out how to move his processes, has left the building and never checked back.

Now Windows is being attacked aggressively from multiple fronts:

- macbook neo. Apple is projected to sell roughly 5million of these this year. This is a segment that couldn't previously move out of Windows because of cost not Office.

- improvement in Linux (Desktop/Gaming): This will eat another chunk for people whom Linux didn't function previously.

- HarmonyOS Next. This is underestimated by the rest of the Western world. I think by 5-10 years most of China would have moved to its own OS. Windows highest marketshare is in Asia.

The idea that Microsoft can exist on Azure/Office alone is not valid, in my opinion. Especially for Office, Windows is your portal to the rest of Microsoft stack. If you use HarmonyOS, you'll like use their own Office system. From there, they'll own the rest of the stack.

tl;dr: MSFT is screwed and they know it. They are also going to do nothing about it.