Windows 11: MS is losing touch with reality

Windows 11 looks good at first glance. The new features are nice, Android apps directly in the OS w/o the semi-dirty hack of running Bluestacks would be a delight.

Looking closer, there are 2 dealbrakers:

1- Win 11 requires a TPM (Trusted Platform Management) 1.2 or better 2.0 module. TPM was supposed to be an entreprise feature, lots of consumer PCs don’t have it. Mine doesn’t, and doesn’t have a connector to add it. It’s a perfectly serviceable PC. I’m supposed to junk it, or find a TPM-equipped socket 1150 motherboard in 2021 ? I just upgraded the RAM and graphics, this PC has a good 5 yrs left in it.
Most end-users around me will have the same issue. Plus as the resident nerd, I’m not pushing people to upgrade to an OS I am not running myself

2- The task bar is fixed at the bottom and centered. That’s doubly silly: there’s a lot more room at the side of the screen than at the top/bottom of it, and the last thing I want is for app icons to move around as I open/close apps. My taskbar has been at the side of the screen for years w/ 10 pinned apps that are 95% of my usage and are always in the exact same spot.
Who does MS think they are, Apple ? Even the guy who designed the Dock for Apple is saying the Dock is ergonomics nonsense, designed to look good in the store at the expense of usability.

It’s sad to see an otherwise interesting OS ruined by those 2 unforced errors. MS probably won’t fix it either, maybe the taskbar but the TPM thing feels like something that runs deep in the OS. See you when my PC dies, Windows 11 :-(