
In the old days, it was the OEMs installing useless software on your PC, and now it's Microsoft. Probably the worst change that Microsoft ever made to Windows 10 was when it decided to install a bunch of crap on our PCs. Most of the options have changed, but Microsoft shows more privacy settings in the OOBE now. In the old days, the out-of-box experience was completely different, before Cortana took over the process.

A ton of features have been added, such as the Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows Ink, and more. Most of the changes are good, although some aren't.

I decided to take a look back, comparing the original version (1507) to version 1803. Much has changed, and a lot of the OS looks completely different from when it started out. Since then, there have been five feature updates, including versions 1511, 1607 (the Anniversary Update), 1703 (the Creators Update), 1709 (the Fall Creators Update), and 1803 (the April 2018 Update). Here we are, exactly three years later, when we would normally see the next version of Microsoft's flagship OS.

On July 29, 2015, Windows 10 launched, and it was promised that there would never be a Windows 11. Indeed, Microsoft was done competing with itself with new versions of Windows. We've learned since then that this means biannual feature updates, along with monthly (sometimes more often) cumulative updates. Windows was going to be serviced, rather than being refreshed every few years. On September 30, 2014, Microsoft announced Windows 10, thus changing the firm's operating system as we know it.
