About Samsung, among the myriad of apps\options\tweaks available (called bloat or choices, depending of one's standpoint), many am not using\disbaled\unistalled but a big fan of some of the most important ones. And always impressed by the manufacturing quality.
Photo Gallery, Editor, Notes, Calendar, Messages, Phone app, Modes\Routines, Good Lock add-ons, Edge Panel and more, all nicely tweaked and refined over many years to provide 1st class services and interface (imo).
The above weighs quite a lot so want to stay with Samsung, still using one as my main daily driver. If only the Sam's did manage someday to keep up with evolution > improve the photo results in it's S-line, would be a no-brainer here.
That said, after the Pixel testing (satisfied with reliability and performance, great photos (not doing much videos, not gaming so soc speed\heat is fine, AI of less importance), am wanting to investigate Xiaomi (14\15 Ultra) and Honor (Magic 6\7 Pro), to get more insight into the 'philosophy' differences between brands. Will be looking for some great deal on black friday or other sale.
Some very interesting China-only models out there, but not taking the risk with import (warranty, china-special OS etc) so sticking to brands that are sold locally in regions I dwell in.