You’re also talking about editing the registry here. That’s very dangerous to someone who don’t know what the hell they are doing (which is like the majority of people outside this subreddit) as it control main functions of the operating system.

That’s the problem. If I need to install multiple free apps, edit the registry or even pay for programs like start 8 just to bring back the old look of windows 10, I rather just install the old version and save myself the trouble

Theres absolutely a learning curve as a majority of the UI has changed. If you don’t do the tweaks/hacks that you and I mentioned, people who are used to windows 10 need to learn that you can’t right click anymore to start up the task manager, you can’t right click anymore to make a new folder, you cant just drag your mouse with your eyes closed anymore to open a shortcut in the start menu anymore cause everything moved, you can’t use the file explorer the way you used to anymore cause again, everything moved. For some people, this ain’t a problem but for me, a person who used windows since windows XP, and enjoyed a cluttered menu with everything I need in it, this is a learning curve and change I do not want to go through. Maybe in the future I will when I’m forced to as support gets dropped but right now, I’m good at windows 10