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TouchWiz of 2012 to 2014 was functionally vastly superior compared to stock Android (and especially iOS).

But in late 2014, the first cracks started to appear: The Galaxy Note 4 lost some functionality (although not much).

Then the Galaxy S6 was announced, where Hyun Yeul Lee (a phonelitical (en.everybodywiki.com) leftist extremist and probably a disguised Apple shill) proudly showed off on the Unpacked keynote how reduced the functionality of the Galaxy S6 is, for the sake of mininalism fetishism.

And Justin Denison, the same guy who mocked Apple for removing the headphone plug (Note 7 keynote), trivialised how horrible of an idea non-replaceable batteries are (en.everybodywiki.com).

You may have noticed a major change here! The battery is now built in [non-user-replaceable]! We refused to do this for some time […]

Noone asked, except Apppe shills.

[…] until we were absolutely sure that people are confident charging their phones.

Confident knowing about that built-in planted obsolescence? Not really.

The S6 was not a bad phone. It had several improvements, especially regarding CPU/GPU performance and camera.

But it was no fitting successor to the S5. It should have been part of a new series. Or at least, they should have left the Note series out of that shitty design trend. (androidpolice.com)

Edit: Also see this video by TechAltar:

TouchWiz of 2012 to 2014 was functionally vastly superior compared to stock Android (and especially iOS). But in late 2014, the first cracks started to appear: The Galaxy Note 4 lost some functionality (although not much). Then the Galaxy S6 was announced, where Hyun Yeul Lee (a [phonelitical](https://en.everybodywiki.com/phonelitical) leftist extremist and probably a disguised Apple shill) proudly showed off on the *Unpacked* keynote how reduced the functionality of the Galaxy S6 is, for the sake of mininalism [fetishism](#spoiler). And Justin Denison, the same guy who mocked Apple for removing the headphone plug (Note 7 keynote), trivialised [how horrible of an idea non-replaceable batteries are](https://en.everybodywiki.com/Benefits_of_user-replaceable_batteries). > You may have noticed a major change here! **The battery is now built in [non-user-replaceable]!** We refused to do this for some time […] Noone asked, except Apppe shills. > […] until we were absolutely sure that people are confident charging their phones. Confident knowing about that built-in planted obsolescence? Not really. The S6 was not a bad phone. It had several improvements, especially regarding CPU/GPU performance and camera. But it was no fitting successor to the S5. It should have been part of a new series. Or at least, they [should have left the **Note series** out of that shitty design trend.](https://www.androidpolice.com/2016/08/02/the-galaxy-note-is-no-longer-samsungs-enthusiast-smartphone-series-opinion/) Edit: Also see this video by TechAltar: * [Why enthusiast brands will betray you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJgTKx-rg18) * [More discussions](https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/5ssqqp/why_enthusiast_brands_will_betray_you/)

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crApple doesn’t have to pay for shills.

They have a soyfanboys army.

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TouchWiz is a heavy interface, many enthusiasts actually went ahead with custom ROMs (custom Android firmware) to get rid of the bloatware and TouchWiz to enjoy Samsung's good hardware with a software package they like.

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I'd rather have too many than missing features.

But what exactly do you consider bloatware? (some examples)

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Pre-installed apps are annoying. The real bloatware is: undeletable apps (like how I can only """disable""" the Fagbook app, but not uninstall it), in terms of the UI on mobiles a big role is battery usage without a clear benefit on the functionality side / excessive amount of unused functionality that can't be switched off.

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Pre-installed apps are annoying.

I agree that those should be downloadable instead of pre-installed.

Although they don't bother me as much as missing features.

like how I can only """disable""" the Fagbook app, but not uninstall it

Disabling should actually completely suspend all activity from that app.

One needs root access to actually uninstall it. Yes, not great, but does not bother me nearly as much as missing functionality.

excessive amount of unused functionality that can't be switched off.

Are you referring to system functionality or pre-installed apps?