I suppose a built in volume mixer is still too much to ask for though.
It’s not churn its change, and it’s inevitable. No sense getting worked up over it.
The only improvement I've seen has been for mac they have the command+space launcher which is functionally like the win+type the app you want. Graphical file browsers haven't changed since the original Mac and/or Win 3.1. Mac has never had a good tree view IMO but they do have a version of it.
The only reason UIs would change at this point is to keep UI/UX folks employed and busy, and give the marketing department something new to talk about.
But I'm not going to upgrade whilst the back/next buttons are floating 3m above the window as suggested in that screen shot.
I go through phases with transparency off or on.
Sometimes I enjoy the translucent menus. They make the machine look "glossy" and expensive. But they're definitely harder to read than opaque flat ones.
With "reduce transparency" on, it's better, but the menubar still isn't white. It's a textured light grey that's closer to the look of an unfocused app window than the solid, dependable, flat thing I wish it still was.
A color logo might be added with an overlay app – or you reminisce a black&white screen.