It's not so much that I couldn't have figured it out (though I seem to recall it was not immediately obvious how to do anything, to me), rather it changed my selected applications. I'd set it up the way I liked it, with software I was familiar with and happy with...and an OS update removed that configuration and pointed to Paint 3D instead, an application I hadn't asked for, and seemingly could not uninstall (at least, I couldn't figure out how to uninstall it using the normal process for uninstalling applications).
I should be clear: I don't know Windows. I've used it very rarely over the past couple of decades. I keep a Windows partition around for gaming and audio work (though even that no longer really requires Windows these days, as my favorite games are on Linux and even audio isn't awful under Linux anymore). So, if someone knows their way around Windows, my complaints might seem sort of stupid. Maybe it's trivial to fix all of the annoyances I had; but they were frustrating for me. For me, there was just mysterious stuff happening on my machine and I didn't know how to fix it and I didn't like it.
"When confronted by the fact that they weren't, you went to "oh it changed the defaults.""
I didn't change my position on this complaint. I said the same in the initial post. Changing my defaults is shitty behavior on the part of Microsoft, and as far as I know (which is admittedly limited), they do it with every application they make.
"Then you complain about being unable to Uninstaller it when it's uninstall process is like literally every other application."
Now...this is a lie.
It is not like literally every other application. It does not appear in the Programs and Features list with an uninstall option. I googled it just to make sure I wasn't misremembering since you seem so certain, but others have the same problem. And the solutions are unpleasant:
Complaining is fine. I merely asked for something actionable in his complaints. I seemed to have upset him, so I asked what he'd like me to do.
I provided, I think, actionable information in my complaint above (that's not to suggest that Microsoft reads or cares what I think about Paint 3D, but other developers are here, and if it prevents even one from making an application that changes someone's defaults without permission or makes an application that can't be uninstalled using the usual channels, then I would consider my complaint productive).
Dude, it's one person on the internet mentioning that their Windows experience was not that intuitive for them. Ignore it next time if it doesn't agree with you, or try using a different tone if you would like to have a discussion.
I should be clear: I don't know Windows. I've used it very rarely over the past couple of decades. I keep a Windows partition around for gaming and audio work (though even that no longer really requires Windows these days, as my favorite games are on Linux and even audio isn't awful under Linux anymore). So, if someone knows their way around Windows, my complaints might seem sort of stupid. Maybe it's trivial to fix all of the annoyances I had; but they were frustrating for me. For me, there was just mysterious stuff happening on my machine and I didn't know how to fix it and I didn't like it.