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1 HN user recommended this in 2021, in one comment.
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Purchased a "Microsoft Xbox Wireless Controller + Wireless Adapter for Windows 10" off Amazon.
Brand is Microsoft and it is designed for Windows 10. (Non-affiliate link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078T3R8YS)
Plugged it into a USB 3.0 port on my Windows 10 machine. Hardware not recognized. Clicked, "Search automatically for drivers" (which has maybe worked once, ever), No drivers found.
Went to Google... All the "support" answers that you see from microsoft when you google "drivers for windows 10 xbox controller" provide basic IT support responses and no links to drivers. Found a link on reddit somewhere to a microsoft page where I finally found drivers that worked.
> if you buy a well known branded component at Best Buy or Staples or even online, and you're not running some ancient version of Windows, the drivers will work
Microsoft brand main stream product (over 5000 reviews on amazon), doesn't work out of the box on Windows 10...
I can't say that my personal experience is in line with anything you mention, re "things working out of the box on windows more than mac or linux".