Windows 11’s modern Media Player is somehow worse than the version from 17 years ago

Windows 11’s modern Media Player is somehow worse than the version from 17 years ago

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Microsoft’s modern Media Player for Windows 11 has received an Insider Preview update, but tests suggest it still uses more memory and opens videos more slowly than the classic Windows 7-era version.

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