The internet started declining around when it became about money, which I'd place at about 2014. it was still ok, but it was the beginning of the end. then it *really* got worse when short form content came around. then slowly the interent morphed into whatever the hell it is now

So a couple of months after Windows 10 was discontinued, I've switched to Linux Mint and made it look pretty close to my ideal frutiger aero aesthetic. I do still have to boot into Windows 10, but it is quite rare. So yeah I'd advise switching to a Linux distro if you're on LTSC IoT Enterprise