At the point where you find yourself writing an application whose sole task is to disable intrusive settings in your OS, perhaps you should consider switching to a different OS.
The obstacles are almost comical. Okay, they're completely comical. Only one computer in the house is compatible with Windows 10 anyway, and my 12 year old son is ecstatic about it -- I think just because it's new and he's curious. Also, I was optimistic about it until I read all of the recent stuff. He would never forgive me for switching that computer to Linux. My plan is to do the Windows upgrade, let him play with it until he gets bored, then install Linux.
My only misgiving is that I love the touch screen, so I have to look into what kind of touch screen functionality I can get under Linux.
