Microsoft probably had little, if anything to do with the decision. Synaptic put a new driver through the pipeline that ends with it being pushed through Window

Microsoft probably had little, if anything to do with the decision. Synaptic put a new driver through the pipeline that ends with it being pushed through Windows Update as part of the normal keeping your drivers updated goal (from Microsoft's perspective). There's a lot of QA that goes into that process , but it's all on the "can this driver take down the system, or only the device it's written for?" It's on Synaptic to make good UX choices for the software they distribute, driver config tools included. And it's on ASUS and Msi to select hardware with stable, quality drivers and config tools. Getting to sit down and talk with the guys that made those decisions would be pretty great, but it's not Microsoft you're really interested in talking to here.