Hmm, many Linux distro are distributed via Torrent. As well as many video platform also use webtorrent. It is a just protocol like http. And when one is downloading a really large file, torrent can arguably be much better than direct download.
You’re welcome to disable it via group policy if you like.
Defender enabled by default would save billions annually, and not just from businesses but also grandma who’s entire photo collection just got ransomware’d.
That big daddy policing move was the single best action taken by Microsoft.