where it's simple to remove, there's an expectation that you could do so. Sure, Candy Crush seems a weird choice to include by default, but I bet so did solitaire and minesweeper back in the days. All trinkets to make a nice experience when you first turn something on.
Where it's not simple to remove, it's really more a core part.
What car manufacturer doesn't give you options to add leather seats. But if you want the model with the sunroof, then perhaps you will get seat warmers that you didn't want, can you get them to take them out? No, they're a part of the car, you want A you sometimes have to accept that you'll also get B. Windows is no different there.
Chris, I would have thought that a start up is *exactly* the place you'd want to have communal access to content in case someone else needs to see it in real time or to co-author things. There's some great capabilities that you're not getting - but that's totally your choice.
As I said, you guys go for it. I've told you what Microsoft think (leave it all in the system) and what they expect when they fix security/reliability issues, so any consequences of your choices are yours.