I'm not talking about in Chrome or Firefox on the web - I have blockers for those. I'm talking about within the start bar and lock screen and so on. I remember seeing some of this on friends' PCs.
Here's an article that talks about how to get rid of all the advertising Windows 10 pushes on you: https://www.howtogeek.com/269331/how...n-advertising/
I shouldn't have to do all that.