One person's critical feature is another person's bloat. Every user is different.

By pre-installing "features" and setting defaults in ways that benefit the company, the "tech" company can effectively remove, hide and/or discourage user choice.

What is the size reduction in Windows after using the method described here.

Wouldn't there be many drivers still (pre-)installed that the user's single application or Edge would never need.

One person's bloat is another Microsoft PM KPI target.

This is great, if M$ is going to still be a defacto monopoly in the business world we need an OS that does what you tell it to, and nothing more.