Could it be MS deliberately trying to train users to read and understand messages, especially long ones, before clicking "I agree"? I think you can opt out of many problematic features if you pay attention where you click during the OS setup. The licenses are checked online in Win10, so you can download an ISO from Microsoft.com, do clean install, and if you've installed same edition on the same PC it will be activated.
No, I don't see it. I'm utterly annoyed with Windows 10 even after declining any and every ridiculous request from Microsoft. It has nothing to do with 'training users to read' that the start menu is terrible or the new control panel is an abomination. And their asking for permission to track you has nothing to do with want to train users. They just want to track you. And even if you decline everything, there's plenty of telemetry that isn't disabled.