Why would Microsoft remove the beautiful Aero Glass effect and replace it with flat colors and cheesy translucency?

I know. So what?

The thing is, it's still leaving the true PC gamer behind. And the aesthetics are only a single, unconscious step into leaving us behind. They say that innovation must happen, but this isn't innovation, it's lack of creativity. We are entering a more uniform, monitored world. While there are times to be uniform, and monitoring should be present, you can't be uniform for everything and monitoring must be balanced with freedom. I strayed a little off topic, but for something as insignificant as aesthetics, let us choose. As I said, good aesthetics should not be noticeable. For me, I have a mindset that all computers should have interiors that look like they're from nuk3town, and others prefer a simpler design. Either way, it should be sleek and clean, something in my opinion, metro and aero both excel at. Now, I prefer aero as Virtual reality seems more fitted to natural look, but whatever. It's their choice. And that feeling should go both ways. This problem is so insignificant yet a) noticeable, and b) easy to fix that this problem should have been fixed like several weeks after Win. 10 came out. Heck, I don't like these 2 themes myself, but Luna and Win. Classic should be included as well. Aesthetics are small things and the user should decide what they want out of their computer UI. It's not even a question, let the user decide. And not just UI. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Isn't this why people prefer PC? Yes, there's good gaming (I know plenty about that) but really, compared to Apple, Microsoft PCs are (were) customizable. Freedom. User's choice. A word to Microsoft in general (not metro centered), but there is a time to innovate, and a time to stand against bandwagoning. You would rather lose your loyal current audience just to please others? Harm your core audience, push them out, and fill the seats with "cool kids" and "hip oldies?" I'm already feeling betrayed. Plus, Metro is over 6 years old. So was Aero when it was abandoned. You with me?

“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.

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Although beta versions of Windows 8 used an updated version of Aero Glass with a flatter, squared look, Aero Glass is no longer the default theme on Windows 8, as Microsoft developers felt that interface designs imitating natural materials were becoming dated. Instead, the desktop interface incorporates elements of the new Metro design, which uses a flatter look with fewer transparency effects, solid colored window borders (designed to attract more attention to the content of a window), and fewer rounded edges.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Aero

Aero Theme is Bad, Disable It

http://www.petri.co.il/vista_aero_performance_issues.htm

It was  resource intensive for the most part.