I can fully understand why you feel that way, but the thing that always impressed me about Windows XP, was the availability of drivers to successfully run aftermarket programmes, or bits of software written specially for unique company products.
A company that sold a tailormade piece of software for their electrical product, wanted a stable and effective operating system to run it on.
I can remember years ago, customers ringing up my office phone number, pulling out their hair, every time Microsoft introduced a new Software.
With each new software introduction, Vista , Windows 7 & 10, there was a very big chance that a companies software would not work on it, and any thought of downloading any new drivers was out of the question.
This was probably the main reason companies continually used Windows XP, way beyond the release of Windows !0.
It worked well, it was rock steady in accepting just about any bit of company software you could throw at it.
This is something that the average home user never saw or realised, it was just a rather good Microsoft product, that ran well, and had incredible support from every company that wrote software to run on it.
You downloaded your driver of choice, and it was rare that that bit of software crashed or was rejected.
It was Microsofts greatest success, and its no wonder they have been cohered into updating it, after putting it to sleep in 2014