Just to clarify the performance penalty of these apps is not what bothers me the most, but it’s more to do with registering protocols that are susceptible to at

Just to clarify the performance penalty of these apps is not what bothers me the most, but it’s more to do with registering protocols that are susceptible to attacks, opening local ports on your computer that are browser-accessible, installing startup drivers/services and other things in the name of “user convenience” that persist well beyond me closing some of these apps. I can live with a fat app, but anything that insists on being there and having serious negative trade-offs even when not using it, in my opinion falls under malware. I hope they all uninstall cleanly after covid.