Why is automatic reopening previous windows/tabs such a common pattern?

I love being able to continue to work where i left off, but not if i explicitly told an application/os to stop or if it crashed.

Sometimes i choose to restore what i had opened before, but i am not asked most of the time.

It is difficult and sometimes impossible to change that setting and it seems like more and more things adopt this pattern.

Wouldn't an actual choice be the best solution?