said by Corehhi:Desktop has no start button and no easy way to look for programs.
Customize the start screen and use that to launch your programs. Treat it as a full screen start menu.
said by Corehhi:I don't use any of those sharing apps and all that. I don't want to be tracked all the time and I don't want to inform people of my latest bowel movement in real time. Sorry I'm not a hipster.
So uninstall those apps. Turn off whatever tracking you're talking about.
If you feel the start screen is that terrible, install classic shell as another user suggested and carry on. You are overreacting here.