Why is this crap even in the OS

Is this really worth it at double the price of the original? I mean you can probably get a mini PC with similar specs for less on Amazon that will do the exact same things.

This is the Achilles heel of MS. On the one hand they try to be backwards compatible it's almost a full circle. On the other hand it's slowing down the implementation of new things and/or creating unwanted security issues that cannot really be resolved. And for some reason Apple can get away with 6 or so years of hardware/OS support, but when MS does it it's hell on earth? When Apple decided to move to their own processors, nobody was complaining about e-waste? So many Apple devices are going to be discarded soon because Apple is not supporting Intel hardware anymore. And software creators are already moved away from the Apple/Intel combo for the most part.

- Run a good virus/thread scanner all the time and keep using the gray noodles up there. If it's basic emailing & web browsing it would be fine for Win10 to run a little longer. Most of the people who need more 'power' don't have PC's over 5 years old, so already on WIn11, or being able to switch.

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