Its not entirely clear from the article--is the EDID telling Windows to install the driver without asking you, or is it prompting you to install a driver, you are agreeing, then along with the driver comes the junkware?
More of a Windows Update + MS partner issue than EDID.
It's Windows that decides that it should download a driver from Windows Update because it recognises it hasn't got a driver from that hardware, and it's Microsoft that let the vendor submit drivers that are bundled with near malwareto Windows Update.
Then the OS vendor will start limiting which devices they support and with very strict review processes.
It can swing the other way, my options are limited to company’s that pay my OS provider for access.