Windows 11's RAM-hogging, advert-laden Weather app is the poster child for everything that's wrong with the operating system

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Windows 11's Weather app uses a surprising amount of RAM It consumes over 1GB at times — and worse still, pushes adverts This is a lot of what's wrong with Windows 11 in a nutshell If you want a neatly crystallized summary of some of the key remaining failings of Windows 11 — pain points Microsoft has yet…

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