Windows 11 and heic files

It appears that Microsoft has decided that it is more important to get $0.99 from users than to provide support for heic files. In Windows 10, and according to Windowscentral (https:[//]www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-add-support-for-heic-and-hevc-files-on-windows-11) in Windows 11 through 22H2, support for these codecs could be added for free.

Now, there is no way around paying for them. This is simply a user hostile action from a company that is literally rolling in cash. Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot. Microsoft has finally managed to cross the Rubicon for me, this is just so petty.