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You don’t have to remove candy crush etc from your start menu? Lucky you. I certainly did.
These links to install things like Candy Crush are only seen until you remove them. Once removed, you never see them again. This is no different to a lot of physical products and software products - including FireFox.
Software managers in some distros like Mint have 'Featured' apps that highlight some applications; applications like WhatsApp, Dropbox, Spotify, Skype, etc - smells like adverts to me.
I don't use the Microsoft Store on Windows, nor do I use software managers on Linux. But what do you expect with these, it's like going to eBay and complaining you see adverts.
Have you ever gotten a windows update? (The sponsored bit came back regularly with most updates for me, I've barely used windows though.) Also by software managers I'm guessing you mean the ones with a GUI or do you install everything manually?
I've never experienced those links coming back. I only ever see them again when I buy a new computer/laptop or if I reinstall Windows.
And yeah I mean the GUI ones.
Ok, maybe they changed that, they were definitely coming back for me and I HATED it.