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And, at this point, they’re being actively discouraged from doing so.
I wouldn’t be surprised if, in the future, Windows doesn’t even offer an installer of any kind … or at least feature-locks the ability to install it yourself to ‘professional’ editions that cost more.
No they aren’t.
You can get your original install media from the OEM.
Including a bunch of drivers and software adds more to an already large installation. I downloaded the latest iso the other day and it was over 6gb in size.
There honestly might be licensing implications that they are avoiding by not including software and drivers, something open source doesn’t need to worry about too much.
The last Linux install I performed had similar issues with the video card driver.