Was it?

A lot of people hated XP because of it’s ‘childish’ visual design, but that’s not what enshittification is about.

Enshittificstion is when a service becomes progressively user-hostile by implementing patterns that exploit the user and their data for profit.

I used XP plenty, and I certainly don’t remember it pushing ads in the start menu, or trying to force me to register a Microsoft account, or constantly harassing me to sign up for paid subscriptions.

You may have personally thought it “was shit”, but it certainly wasn’t “enshittified”