Microsoft does have to support their OS on a far wider variety of hardware. Same with Android from Google. Apple has the advantage that they only have to write code that works on their exact special hardware and basically nothing else, which is also dumb because they don't let you even run a macOS VM to compile programs for macOS. Apple just expects everyone to bow to them. That being said, Microsoft is awful and lazy as hell. Each version of Windows makes slight improvements but adds another layer of GUI cruft and complexity by adding new features to replace old features which they don't actually replace, and everyone who works there definitely eats crayons as you said.

Microsoft has insanely bloated and incompetent management that abuses their developers so much they don't care anymore. Management will demand insane things and refuse to listen to any explanation as to why that is dumb and made redundant by something else. They blame their workers for their mistakes, and never have to face consequences for their actions.

Typical entitled management that hides their incompetence with hostility. They underpay as well, so everyone they have with any talent leaves asap. They have no product direction, just a finance guy in charge trying to press the button that makes more money, but he's also a talentless hack so he just tells them to add the stuff other companies that are making money do, without understanding why they are doing it.

thetype of company thad has slam poetry sessions butthey’reliterally slamming their heads against concrete before going to work on the next losedow

:capitalist-laugh:

How long ago was this? Laptops used to be a bad experience with linux but now all of mine run Ubuntu. Any modern Dell, Asus, or Hp laptop should work in my experience.