When did it not suck exactly?

Maybe win 2000?

XP was the start of the enshitification, I knew I couldn't stay on windows with that release.

Although after Bill (how can this sell more windows) left and they were very open about being a DATA collection company first, a computer service company second, I thought they might simply offer windows for free.

With all this shit in it of course because that is how you satisfy data collection.

But I guess they figured why kill the revenue stream of windows itself.