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Does that actually persist across forced updates? I know they've been known to re-install things on updates before.
Most disable Windows Updates for that reason, afaik? You can manually patch security updates without getting automatic updates, I think.
I don't really care about Windows Updates for my use case since it's just a VM and I know how to prevent most virus vectors anyway, but yes; there are major trade-offs to "debloating" Windows.
In the longer term, I want to try getting all my must-have apps for work running in browser apps or compatibility layers so I can just stay in Linux.