Not sure if it's a bug, but, if not, then an apparent irritant to many with no communication from Microsoft.
A surprise; a gift; a new feature; a glitch; a distraction......?
I have a theory derived from the actions of our local council.
A few years ago a craze swept the country, making pedestrianised areas everywhere.
I suspect somebody created a pedestrianised area in a needy place, and I also suspect they did a really good job.
An up-and-coming council official saw it, decides that they need to make a name for themselves. They decide to pedestrianised something!
In Newbury's case at one end of the high Street we have a roundabout with a covered Victorian seating area. Think of a bandstand, but with a kiosk sized room in the centre, with seats around for people to sit on.
It was a roundabout on a T-junction and you could drive up the high street, around the roundabout and back down the high Street.
However the official decided to pave one side into a pedestrian area, move the road over so that both lanes "up and down" were on one side of the roundabout.
Now pedestrians could get to this seating area without having to cross a road.
A few years later they decided to pedestrianise the whole high Street so now we have a lovely Victorian roundabout which has been made into an abomination for no good reason, other than some council official got some kudos..
I can imagine the same sort of scenario playing out in a large organisation like Microsoft, we can do this, we can do that, with no real thought into the implications. Just a reason to spend money and get someone promoted....
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