>the biggest insult I’ve encountered on Windows since the days of Clippy
Really though? Haven't the OP paid any attention to the constant stream of annoyances since the Win 10 release? The handling of updates, the toggling user settings with updates, the advertisements on the lock screen, start menu, explorer toolbar etc, the annoyance of setting another default browser, the waking up during sleep to update, the system-wide mishmash of UX? This Edge thing is THE Microsoft way of doing things: you're a measly user, and you need to be told what to do and how, because the ones to know better are them and them only, you are only to make suggestions about what you'd like.
Really though? Haven't the OP paid any attention to the constant stream of annoyances since the Win 10 release? The handling of updates, the toggling user settings with updates, the advertisements on the lock screen, start menu, explorer toolbar etc, the annoyance of setting another default browser, the waking up during sleep to update, the system-wide mishmash of UX? This Edge thing is THE Microsoft way of doing things: you're a measly user, and you need to be told what to do and how, because the ones to know better are them and them only, you are only to make suggestions about what you'd like.