Please STOP all the application pop-ups

I guess the support staff is incapable of fixing this issue. Nothing new there.

i see notices about updates etc up to once per day.  they're innocuous small messages on the lower left of my monitor.

is that the complaint? 

Nobody here who has complained has, as of yet, posted a single screenshot. They evidently don't appear as frequently as you purport.

Me: Daily user of Adobe apps for 20 years

Adobe huge popups after every minor update since 2024: use the lasso tool to lasso stuff - derp-a-derp. 

Adobe settings menu: (crickets)

I unisnstaled all the adobe apps and the pop up is still there!

the photoshop issue is different.  check the ps forum for the thread with these complaints.

I fully agree about the #*&@ pop-ups. EVERY time I open Photoshop there is a lock-and-block popup that shows up, and checking the "do not remind for 30 days" box does absolutely nothing. I open the program many times a day, and have gone so far as to upgrade and then cancel to see if that worked. It's been going on since the good Friday sale and I assumed that if I just put up with it for that month it would go away. WRONG. new ad now. 
I have a rule that I don't buy things where I've been harassed to buy.  ie: I will never use Go Daddy service since they were the worst. Photoshop is just about taking that honor at this point. 

which version of the cc desktop app do you think is problematic?

Have you updated to the next version? as soon as you do, even if you save you preferences, it treats you like a new user. I just opened the new version of InDesign, and every time I chnaged tools or did something new it opened a pop-up or dialog box that I had to click "Got it" before I could actualy do the work.

I've save the next few as screen shots and post them.