It’s part of HP- their apps are notoriously over bloated.
I recently had an HP printer and all the crap that loaded up with the drivers drove us insane!! I was about to throw it outside and shoot it. Could never use it...too slow, too complicated, wouldn’t print biz cards and on and on.
Just got a Cannon instead and now I am quite happy.
The apps were near impossible to remove from the ‘puter too. I used to like HP, but damn...no more!