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> something like this always comes up

Unsurprisingly.

> which just so happens to coincide with when they really started getting into computing

On my first job I've used Windows NT 4. Yet I agree with GP Windows 7 was the peak UX.

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The comment about it coinciding when they started was slightly tongue-in-cheek, but surprisingly often holds true. My comment more broadly is just pointing out that most people making these arguments are doing so subjectively while framing them as objective.

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> most people making these arguments are doing so subjectively while framing them as objective

On subjects like that, I don't believe objective arguments are even possible. UX is similar to art or politics, it's inherently subjective because it's about people and culture. Ask a caveman to compare UX of Windows 7 and 10, and they gonna tell both are equally useless.

Despite no objective arguments is possible, it might exist a consensus.