The monthly update for W11 is now larger than 5 Gigabytes on x64. And this is compressed.

The original Windows 10 complete install file was compressed also and it was way less sizable than this.

For lots of people it's getting to the point where you might as well adjust your monthly Windows refresh flow to make it just as easy to re-install your OS monthly as it is to update monthly!

With Microsoft pushing that weakness to the forefront, it seriously increases the likelihood that sooner or later more users are going to try a different OS than Windows.

Probably not Linux, but Apple takes this to the bank in spite of all their annoyances.