Everyone knows OS and software, browsers, etc all use way more RAM than they used to, and arguably more than they rightfully should. Bloatware, etc.
I saw something recently that alleged MS puts a lot of shit into PCs that say they are doing one thing but are really doing another.
It would be wild if they are basically using the PCs of the world to do something like crunch numbers, mine bitcoin, etc. Oh, hey, this guy has 12 gigs of ram and is only "using" 4, that's 8 for us to sap.
So far I'm happy with CachyOS. Might try out different distros in the future but for now I'm too lazy to do it. Although I could just try one on a different hard drive I guess. Either way there is no way in hell I'm ever installing W11. I wouldn't even go back to W10 if Microsoft would keep supporting it.