what is happening here

CTT Windoes Utility -> Tweaks -> Remove Microsoft Edge

Removed edge when I got my new computer about a year ago and haven’t seen it since.

If it’s a Google TV you can always install a custom launcher and even disable the stock launcher via ADB and never be bothered by any of the curated bullshit again

My recommendation is FLauncher

I think now a days it’s only a thing with older people. I was at Meijer the other day walking toward the self checkout and I walked past an elderly woman writing a check as she was waiting in a cashiered line.