thank you for the response Rob

let me say this:

when the update service first came out and we [who don't like it] grumbled, Kate said emphatically [and more that once] that we did not have to upgrade, if there is nothing for us we could choose to wait - I have done this, choosing to remain on ver 12.6

I do not therefore want to be continually bothered with offers for something I do not want; please facilitate a means for individual users like me to exercise out legal right not to be subjected to spam against our wishes and be able to opt out