No. The games are more fun. There's so much variety available: A lot more games that you won't like but a lot more games that you will like, too, you just have to find them.
I don't like lootbox shovelware, either, but you know what? I just don't play those games. I play other ones, new and old, that I actually like. So can you.
No, I delete individual items as I read them, but never delete the whole folder in one go.