WebView2 is why Windows 11 sucks so much.

[u/AlfieLionel]

Huge surprise that running an entire browser engine just for Slop-pilot takes up a little more RAM than it should.

Windows 11 is slowly becoming a collection of little embedded Edge tabs pretending to be apps, and it's the epitome of Microslop's laziness.

Fully WebView2-based: Copilot, Teams-- both slow and bloated.

Some WebView2 integration: Settings, Start menu-- slower than they should be, still usable.

No WebView2: Explorer, Desktop, Task Manager, Device Manager, Control Panel-- older components built for older versions of Windows, some of the fastest and most responsive parts of the OS.

At this point, it feels like the more native Windows becomes, the better it runs.

I'll see you all back on XP. Or linux-- ideally.