I don't understand how your views on the user interface and experience are related to the Microsoft engineering tradeoffs you commented on.

Really? It seems very obvious. This is a discussion of how "UX is why Microsoft is losing market share", which is what you replied to.

I'm reminding some tone-deaf wealthy users that COST is the #1 factor behind OS usage, and the rest is basically irrelevant window dressing except to the upper class.

Is what it is, but you'll struggle to find a more privledged and clueless group of commenters than here. Part of the charm, I suppose.