I fail to see the downside of choice. It's fair enough that the manufacturer provides their basic out of the box apps, and no-one forces you to use others than

I fail to see the downside of choice. It's fair enough that the manufacturer provides their basic out of the box apps, and no-one forces you to use others than Samsung's. If you don't want to use the Samsung versions, they're easy to hide away eg in a folder in the all apps directory. Typically a user puts most often used apps on a desktop anyway, so you'll only see what you want to use. My S21 Ultra has 512GB of storage, it's hardly want for more.