At the bottom of that article you linked:
"Research data for this article
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I guess it means that no one here knows what Windows Debloated is and didn't read far down enough to see regular windows marked as very easy to install.
I thought it was a great idea for official statements. Kind of like a new type of RSS feed.
Local transport companies can advertise delays, meteorology organisations can advertise natural disasters, police can post active missing person alerts, etc.
But it seems like it is just vapid narcissists thinking other people give a shit about their random thoughts.
You should check out the BBC guidelines for subtitling. They are really good and include preserving the intent of the program, avoiding ambiguity, and not spoiling jokes with bad timing.
It wouldn't be impossible that 12 is an improvement. 10 was an improvement on 8. I think, as always, it'll never go back to a truely good OS, we will just get used to the crap bits.
I think windows is too entrenched in it's own version history to make good again. You'd need to start from scratch which simply won't happen within the windows brand.
Gog does now have a launcher, but you can still download the offline installer files for games.