On Windows 10 you needed to use an extra click before you could scroll and change the volume. In Windows 11 no such click is needed, you can scroll right off the bat without clicking on anything.
On Windows 10 you just click on the computer icon and you get immediate access to the PC Manager link. On Windows 11 you have to select an additional "other options" link just to get to management. So there are trade-offs but the end result is the same. The same programs are there.
You right, Windows 10 does have Snipping Tool, but its the older version with no OCR, no Shapes, and no native video recorder. Also the old version doesn't allow you to automatically save snips and it doesn't have any HDR optimizations.
Okay, so the nuances in Windows 11 are slightly different in Snipping Tool. It wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't a way to get those "extra features" from the Microsoft Store or a simple update. I've seen that happen many times. I'm learning that "auto" stuff can get pretty iffy at times — especially if you need to be online to make them work. I've definitely learned my lesson in that respect with WORD, but then One Drive always was a little buggy. My point is that there is nothing really revolutionary or outstanding about Windows 11 other than they artificially made 80% of the PCs out there 'obsolete' for no good reason. Yeah, so.. Not impressed.
I believe "End Task" directly through the taskbar was available in some Vista beta build for a short while, but as of now, its a Windows 11 exclusive feature. File Explorer Tabs is also a Windows 11 exclusive (except if you count sets which weren't that great anyway).
I used End Task in Windows 7 Ultimate for years. I'm pretty sure I was able to drag an icon to my task bar for instant access to task manager but, old habits are hard to break. CTRL/ALT/DEL works just fine. Most of the things you mention here are also accessible in other versions of Windows if you know where to look for them. There are also third party programs available that can give you so much more than this. So, I don't see what the real advantage is. I fail to see what makes Windows 11 so great. In my view it isn't and I'm not impressed.
Just to establish that I'm not being a bitter, old pessimist I can only say that in the past Microsoft Windows did impress me a whole lot with a new operating system. That was
Windows XP, which, IMO, totally revolutionized Windows and indubitably resulted in a drastic improvement in performance and was also packed full of useful features. Windows Vista was a nightmare and it took Microsoft three Service Packs to get it right. By that time the entire OS practically morphed into the world famous
Windows 7. Perhaps I did spoil myself with the Ultimate version, but to be honest I would gladly pay 300 bucks for an OS that actually worked decently and efficiently without all the adware, spyware, bloatware and nonsense that Windows stoops to today.
Well, those days are gone now and I rather doubt they'll be back. Needs have changed, priorities have changed, and the world has changed. I'm old so in my view things haven't exactly changed for the better. I hear the words of my grandfather in my ears when we were standing beside his '57 Chevy saying, "They sure don't make 'em like they used to." He was right. Those days are gone.