Yup, back when I used windows, my solution to software rot was “just don’t install things that aren’t absolutely essential”

Same goes for OS X now — it seems every OS grows incomprehensible to the company that makes it

Which is sad, because one of the main functions of an OS should be to protect you from misbehaving applications

Linux is a bit better, but I think even the Debian GUI suffers from trying to be convenient/magic rather than predictable/robust