1. Skepticism about Microsoft’s PR / “commitments”
"“Commitment” in corporate speak is a synonym for “absolute lack of intention”. That’s why corps ‘commit’ to reducing emissions, treating employees fairly, etc, ie. to all the things they will not do." – crispinb
2. Forced Copilot/AI integration everywhere is unwanted
"They aren’t trying to add Copilot in useful ways for their users. They’re forcing it into Notepad when they know it doesn’t fit there, because it might be your “entry” into their slop generator." – bronlund
3. Taskbar customization (top/side) is seen as too‑little‑too‑late
"Hell, taskbar positioning was a feature on Windows 10. They’re just pretending like they didn’t remove it for brownie points." – bigyabai
4. Persistent performance and reliability complaints > "The Windows computer I have to use at work takes over 15 seconds to start the new calculator app. The old calculator launched instantly." – matheusmoreira
"Right now my start menu randomly crashes. Like all I see is a black box with no icons." – rdedev
5. Desire for simple, bloat‑free core apps (e.g., Notepad)
"Ugh. They horribly borked Notepad. The whole reason I use it is because it's dumb and simple. The moment you change it into a full‑featured rich text editor with AI assistants and autocorrect … you should just make it another app, because it's solving a different problem." – SilasX
6. Resistance to forced Microsoft accounts, telemetry, ads, and upsells
"Online accounts are fine when optional, but unacceptable when forced." – senfiaj
7. Growing inclination to switch to Linux/macOS or plan an exit
"Plan an exit strategy now, before you need it later." – hbn
"I just don't think people like having something shoved down their throats… OS level integrations that are opt‑in, not opt‑out, may even be popular." – Someone1234
8. Distrust based on past patterns of “enshittification”
"This is vague lip service with little substance… completely fails to address the dozens of either incredibly painful and stupid decisions MS has made." – scblock
9. Perception that Microsoft prioritizes enterprise/B2B over consumers
"Microsoft does not primarily view its offerings as consumer products… the company’s leadership is strongly focused on B2B strategy, with revenue growth driven mainly by Azure, AI, and enterprise solutions." – natas
10. Skepticism about the usefulness and privacy implications of an “agentic OS”/AI‑first approach
"The problem with the idea… is that for the majority of Windows boxes where it would be running do not have the bare metal hardware to support local models and thus it would be in the cloud and all of the issues associated with that when it comes to privacy/security." – Ucalegon
"Agents today are basically chaos monkeys that sometimes do what you want, sometimes rm -rf /, and sometimes spend all your money on a cryptocurrency scam." – lich_king