You can install Windows Firewall Control, some v4.9.x.x (before someone acquired it and ruined it by changing it drastically on v5 onward) and block all the garbage.
Then you can also use ClassicShell and have the 'good old Start Menu' as you prefer to have it.
There are also a bunch of privacy tools that can disable most of the garbage/uninstall the "Apps" and improve privacy with a few clicks.
I stayed in Windows 10 for 7-8 years. After I tried Win10 and I saw how my machine(s) work better on the same (10yo hardware) I switched everything to Win10 with the above 'measures' (plus the hosts from someonewhocares) and I haven't had any annoyances for years.
Then you can also use ClassicShell and have the 'good old Start Menu' as you prefer to have it.
There are also a bunch of privacy tools that can disable most of the garbage/uninstall the "Apps" and improve privacy with a few clicks.
I stayed in Windows 10 for 7-8 years. After I tried Win10 and I saw how my machine(s) work better on the same (10yo hardware) I switched everything to Win10 with the above 'measures' (plus the hosts from someonewhocares) and I haven't had any annoyances for years.