If people must upgrade, i recommend the LTSB version (or SKU) of Windows 10:
"Windows 10 Enterprise Long Term Servicing Branch (LTSB) is similar to Windows 10 Enterprise but will not receive any feature updates, gives companies more control over the update process and is the most stripped down edition of Windows 10 available."
It comes without all the bloat, not even with the EDGE browser, and you can disable telemetry and updates
for real.
In addition, one can also put all
Microsoft domains into the Windows HOSTS file, to prevent calling home...
LTSB doesn't need any updates, maybe except the Media Feature Pack, which installs the Windows Media Player and a few codecs.