Lol! Same reason why I have also stayed away from the Samsung camp due to their bloated UI and more importantly, Exynos chipsets in their higher end variants.
Even though I like (and am using) stock (or near stock) Android, I also kind of understand where soulweaver is coming from. Samsung's new skin seems to be better (not too sure about whether the OS pushes out ads in the higher end models) than before. Moreover, Samsung seems to be committed to provide about 4 years of updates to most variants- kind of like what OnePlus was not too long ago. That is a good draw for many. Now only if Samsung were to bring in more SD models here, it would make a very compelling case for a lot of people.
OnePlus seems to be heading the other way, though. Been hearing about a lot of users complaining about what OnePlus is standing for now and about their updates being released slower than before. Not too sure about how friendly OnePlus is for custom ROM development nowadays either.
GLWS- you seem to have priced it well! Hope this finds a good buyer.
I understand the gripes with exynos, but in reality, the differences aren't all that huge. As someone who's been using Note from its inception, and all the note tablet too, I can say that barring some difference in battery life, the performance difference in day to day use is almost negligible.
And I have always preferred OneUI over other UIs. Even back in the more bloated days, the features it offered were at least two generations ahead of stock android.
Even now, most new features to android are taken straight off what Sammy thought about in its one UI.
As for the galaxy store, barring the good lock family of apps, it is crap, and needs to die a quick death.
I also have the M51 and F41, and the bloatware is surreal. But thanks to ADB and .ps1 files, getting rid of that sh*t is sorta single click now, so all good.
But yeah, all the bloatware an unnecessary notifications sure make their products feel like crap. Sammy needs to get its galaxy store and its ad parading under control.
I love the multitasking and the goodlock customization that sammy gives, and it keeps getting better.
The other UIs aren't good at all(acer, lg, etc). However of late, RealMe seems to be doing a half decent job in terms of features. The UI in general is too iOS cloney for my taste!