[xist]

This is available in corporate versions (aka enterprise or LTSC). The home versions are significantly cheaper and dont offer that functionality out of the box.

2 reasons - a lot of endusers appreciate it surprisingly, and some of those bloat of preinstalled applications subsidizes the cost to make it cheaper to purchase.

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> a lot of endusers appreciate it surprisingly

Then they wouldn't want to disable it; what harm is there in offering the choice?

[xist]

There's not as much bloatware in Windows 11 as you might think - most of it is links to install applcations, not the applications themselves. Part of it is due to advertising - you're actually getting Windows license a bit cheaper in exchange for these "features".

But you can disable and remove it - manually. These scripts do it automatically for you as a convenience but the ability is there.

In enterprise versions of Windows, there's tighter control and less "features"/bloatware installed by default, and you can use GPOs and other settings to deal with it very easily. This of course comes at a cost that most endusers don't want to pay.

Feel free to purchase the non home versions of Windows and you will find there _is_ a choice.