alt Hacker NewsThat "bloatware" is just alternatives to Google's software and systems, and much of it isn't bad, if not better.
I prefer the Gallery app over Google Photos, the Samsung My Files app is cleaner than Google Files, Studio is a decent video editor, Samsung Notes is a capable rich text editor with pen support, Dex is a usable desktop shell, and more. Anything I don't like - like Bixby, Store, Keyboard, Wallet, Pass and Internet - I can easily replace and even hide them in the Settings. Combined they take up minimal storage.
I'm not sure what people expect Samsung to do, just use whatever Google says to use and not try to innovate?
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No I think when people speak of bloatware, they think more about, for instance, the 3 preinstalled Facebook app. Of which 2 of them are systemized, effectively hidden and can’t be uninstalled.
> I'm not sure what people expect Samsung to do, just use whatever Google says to use and not try to innovate?
To me, the benefit of the S series was "Android on decent hardware". I would have preferred as close to stock Android as possible. I mostly use F-Droid stuff anyway, though of course that means I am far from the average consumer.
They are primarily a hardware company - it seems reasonable to expect them to innovate there, and leave innovation in software to the software companies.