Trying to equate Canonical and MS is desperate. Microsoft is undeniably worse. And Will Microsoft remove the ads? Of course not. When windows 10 first came out the only way to remove candy crush was with power shell.

http://superuser.com/questions/958562/how-do-i-remove-candy-...

You will jump through these hoops every upgrade unless you go through and disable certain updates, which you will need to keep up with for the rest of your life.

You now have to pay a monthly fee to avoid 30 second videos in Solitaire.