Jeremy Lippert

As far as a workaround. I have used this PowerShell script for most of my Windows 10 builds over the years. Needs a bit of modification to add a couple for Windows 11 but works for what you need anyway.
Modify as you need.
 
$AppsList = ‘Microsoft.3DBuilder’,
‘Microsoft.BingFinance’,
‘Microsoft.BingNews’,
'Microsoft.BingWeather',
'Microsoft.ContactSupport',
‘Microsoft.BingSports’,
'Microsoft.Messaging',
‘Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection’,
'Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub',
'Microsoft.Office.OneNote',
'Microsoft.OneConnect',
'Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer',
‘Microsoft.People’,
'Microsoft.Print3D',
'Microsoft.SkypeApp',
'Microsoft.WindowsAlarms',
‘Microsoft.WindowsCamera’,
‘microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps’,
'Microsoft.WindowsMaps',
‘Microsoft.WindowsPhone’,
'Microsoft.WindowsStore',
‘Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder’,
'Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay',
'Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay',
'Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay',
‘Microsoft.XboxApp’,
'Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI',
'Microsoft.YourPhone',
‘Microsoft.ZuneMusic’,
‘Microsoft.ZuneVideo’,
‘Microsoft.Getstarted’,
'Microsoft.GetHelp',
‘Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub’,
'Microsoft.Wallet',
‘Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider’,
‘Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub’
ForEach ($App in $AppsList){
$PackageFullName = (Get-AppxPackage $App).PackageFullName
$ProPackageFullName = (Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -online | where {$_.Displayname -eq $App}).PackageName
write-host $PackageFullName
Write-Host $ProPackageFullName
if ($PackageFullName){
Write-Host “Removing Package: $App”
remove-AppxPackage -package $PackageFullName
}
else{
Write-Host “Unable to find package: $App”
}
if ($ProPackageFullName){
Write-Host “Removing Provisioned Package: $ProPackageFullName”
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename $ProPackageFullName
}
else{
Write-Host “Unable to find provisioned package: $App”
}
}
 
 
 

There are plenty of ways to package Reader, here are just some things we do.
We utilize Adobe's customization wizard to make a Transforms .mst file with all of our settings that we want set. Things like killing off the updater, getting rid of welcome screens, etc.
Here are some of the things we do in the Transforms file to set for our users. Yours may vary.
Transforms File Creation
    Download tool— Acrobat Customization Wizard for Windows (adobe.com)
    
    Personalization:
        Suppress display of End User License Agreenment (EULA) - check this box
        
    Installation Options:
        Select Make Reader the Default PDF Viewer
        Set Run Installation to Unattended
        Select Suppress Reboot
        
    Registry:
        Add the following keys and values:
            HKLM\Software\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\FeatureLockDown\cWelcomeScreen
                bShowWelcomeScreen REG_DWORD value=0
            HKLM\Software\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\FeatureLockDown
                bToggleFTE REG_DWORD value=1
            HKLM\Software\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\FeatureLockDown
                bUpdater REG_DWORD value=0
            HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\Installer
                ENABLE_CHROMEEXT REG_BINARY value=1
    
    Shortcuts:
        Right click on Acrobat Reader DC under Desktop and select Remove
        
    Online Services and Features:
        Check Disable Product Updates
        Check Disable Upsell
        
Select Transform menu, Generate Transform.
 
Initial Installation:
We download Adobe Reader from Adobe - Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Distribution and extract the .msi using something like 7zip to utilize for the Transforms .mst creation as well as the installation in App Volumes Packaging.
 
Install during packaging of App Volumes is simple once you have the transform file created, simple as:
 msiexec.exe /i AcroRead.msi TRANSFORMS=AcroReadtransform.mst
We also stop and disable the Adobe Update Service after packaging as well. Just in case.
 
Updates:
Download.msp update files when needing to update the package in packaging - https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/release-note/release-notes-acrobat-reader.html
Simple as running the latest .msp in packaging and then stop and disable Adobe Update service
 
We do pretty much all of these same things for both Adobe Reader as well as Adobe Acrobat. Hope this helps a little