Windows 11 looks gorgeous on the surface. Sleek rounded corners, a centered taskbar, smooth Snap layouts, and shiny Widgets, it feels like a fresh coat of paint on your PC. But once you start using it ...

PCs, for a long time, had a bloatware problem. The major PC manufacturers—Dell, Asus, Acer, and the like—had a bad habit of including "free trials" of software like Norton AntiVirus on new devices.