On my home PC I just searched up candy crush and uninstalled it with a right click.
On my work PC using Windows 10 pro and signed in to a domain I don't get them at all.
Re Malware, I think Windows 10 has an excellent security model, and you would have to be pretty careless to get malware problems. However I won't deny that Windows is a much bigger target due to number of installs.
Not a diehard win10 user, but as far as I know you can only disable this legitimately if you pay out for Win10 Enterprise.
I think there are registry hacks that work on other versions though.
Now all that ridiculous bloat is pretty easily disabled. But that along with telemetry and forced updates are probably the last drops that will force me to linux for my workstation.
I can't believe they sold their trust for that. I can't use an operating system that I don't trust.
The few times I’ve had a look at Windows 10 I’ve been seriously put off by all of the ‘junk’ that is automatically installed, e.g. candy crush etc.
I also worry about Windows still being a big target for malware.
What can die hard Win10 users tell me about these concerns?