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Then - when you uninstall their short-lived app - Windows doesn't automatically fall back to the app that handled that format before they foisted theirs upon you.
Even better, Microsoft has introduced a user choice 'protection' driver that prevents non Microsoft applications from changing default file association, forcing you to use the settings.
Last I installed Adobe Acrobat, it launched this submenu and drew an overlay arrow on where to click. It was bizarre.
Yes, it's crazy. I'm a MSP and have to jump through so many hoops to make sure it is default and not edge.