Yes. If you have automatic updates enabled, it will install the newest version with trackers and ads. You could disable the automatic update for these apps and hope they stay relevant to your os for a little while.
Thanks for introducing me to that community. I was always annoyed by these pointless tech stock images
What is the bottom bar? Custom CSS or something else? I use Cinnamon as well and am bored of the default taskbar at the bottom
Yes. If you have automatic updates enabled, it will install the newest version with trackers and ads. You could disable the automatic update for these apps and hope they stay relevant to your os for a little while.