Weird. I think I have about 4.
Someone is confusing the menu bar for the Dock
Your experience is not everyone s experience. Are you one of their colleagues. No? Then they weren’t talking about you.
Currently I have 6 extras, which is a rare number I see. My normal number is 3.
Try a corporate laptop. Every stupid thing you don’t need except to know it’s running is there, but you don’t know it’s running because they may just be hidden.
Jamf, zscaler, virus checkers, etc. need to all go to hell with this crap. I’m glad Tailscale are removing theirs.