I was emailed a notification of a reply to this thread by Carneil_C with the content of:
"Did it solve your problem?" 

That reply does not appear in the thread but to be fair, I'll answer:

My explanation of the problem is that this problem results in extra time wasted for a beta feature I didn't ask for, can't disable, and degrades my experience with the product.

By that explanation, the problem is not solved. The problem persists and in my estimation will not be resolved until this time-wasting "feature" is removed or I'm allowed to disable it.