Performance is also degrading on iphones as software bloats, and/or they're up to their old shenanigans and making older phones unbearable to force people to buy the newest ones.

Big tech is reaping what they've sown in a very satisfying way.

We can safely assume that Apple will do much better compared to MS until they put AI to the Finder and Dock.

Don't forget Apple handwaving serious security issues of their devices - users still cannot even check if their devices are compromised and only thing Apple can do here is "lockdown mode" - which again, after compromise is likely useless anyway.

The problem with the Microsoft features is really not excessive ambition.

Half of the time it's open user hostility and blatant incompetence. The other half it's just the incompetence. Ambition doesn't enter the picture at all.