OS Upgrades are really Downgrades

When a computer OS creator comes out with a new version, you can be absolutely certain it is even more complex than the previous one.  You can also be fairly certain that running on the same hardware it is going to be slower (though, often end-of-life updates for the older version also add in that slowness, so the brand new version may be slightly faster than a fully updated old version).  And, most important to me, a person who likes to do things in my own ways, OS upgrades nearly always create a system which is less transparent.  The curtains behind which the inner wizard resides get heavier and heavier to the point where mere mortals cannot pull them back any more.  And we can be fairly sure that was the whole point, as far as the OS creator is concerned.

I can't tell you how many times I've seen this, and I'm sick of it.