I agree with many of these points. To me, the iTunes requirement is probably the worst. The idea that I'd be forced to use what is effectively a shopping applic

I agree with many of these points. To me, the iTunes requirement is probably the worst. The idea that I'd be forced to use what is effectively a shopping application just to load files on my phone is pretty abhorrent. Regarding the Samsung default apps, I agree that there are too many of them and they can be annoying. But they're easy to deal with. My favorite approach is to use "pm uninstall" in adb. I have most of the package names saved in my notes anyway, so it's just a copy and paste job. Alternatively, for less technical people, they could either uninstall the apps manually or just disable them if I uninstalling an app is disabled.