[Infinitesimus]

I think they're optimizing for a different use-case/perspective: > uninstallable Edge Alternative: The person has a browser that is auto updated and doesn't need to fiddle around

> hijacked the PDF association

Alternative: The person has an in-built PDF viewer without scouring the web for "PDF viewer" and downloading malware or a sketchy app

> used credentials stored in Office to log in to Microsoft.com “for convenience” without asking

Alternative: "Wow it's cool how all my Microsoft things are working well together"

I think there's room for grace about the experience of 99% of users who don't want infinite customization but something that works well with helpful defaults.

[beagle3]

No, that person already had a PDF viewer installed, more capable than the one built in to edge.

There is no excuse to replacing that on a forced update without notification.

Seriously, you can explain anything this way: “all files deleted” alternative: “Microsoft just helping you free up space” or “the files weren’t backed up so they weren’t important”.

Microsoft is squarely in the “monopolistic bad guy” corner here.

Edit: Said person also had a self-updating Chrome, self-updating Firefox, and manually updating Safari on the same machine, for the record.

[Infinitesimus]

Changing existing defaults is def a no-no. I thought it was a fresh install of Windows you were complaining about.