Dropout.TV would definitely fall under #4 if you haven’t checked them out

For me personally, I like having my taskbar at the top of the screen. MS removed the ability to change the position of the taskbar in W11. It does a lot more than that, potentially giving you an almost XP like experience if that’s what you want.

ExplorerPatcher wouldn’t be necessary if they actually stopped removing basic features from Explorer that have existed for over a decade

Embrace, Extend, Extinguish sadly