I have been hearing the exact same complaints about Samsung literally since it entered the smartphone market. - Bloat? Yup, touchwiz. - Ads? They had an unr

I have been hearing the exact same complaints about Samsung literally since it entered the smartphone market. - Bloat? Yup, touchwiz. - Ads? They had an unremovable galaxy store app early on. - Bad performance? Definitely compared to the iPhones they got compared to. At this point I see the main pulls of Samsung being the fact they offer better software support than Chinese brands with up to 5 years security updates / 4 years OS updates, and they have an entire ecosystem of tablets and keyfinders and audio products and so on. The problem I have with Samsung nowadays is that Apple offers all of those things but better so if you can do without the Google/Microsoft integration you should just go Apple. They have also lost several of their historical advantages: - SD card? Gone. - Headphone jack? Gone. - Best screens in the business? Everybody is using their panels now.