We've been through this with other operating systems such as Windows.
Microsoft can be problematic on its own, but once a vendor like Dell, HP or Lenovo starts adding crapplets to your OS you are going from the frying pan to the fire.
It's not that they can't make something which is useful, I had a Dell machine that had a pretty good utility for updating drivers but that utility started hassling me for an extended service plan once my machine reached "a certain age" and later started begging me to trade the computer in and get a new one.
In the past it was a lot worse, because of pushback from users and Microsoft I think PC vendors feel somewhat constrained, but left to their own devices PC vendors would crap up PCs with disastrously bad software. See
Except Windows is complete experience from the get go. AOSP really isn't, and if you want to see what a "true" android looks like, install AndroidStudio and launch an emulator with NoGoogleImage.
What would be much more apt analogy, are linux distros
Microsoft can be problematic on its own, but once a vendor like Dell, HP or Lenovo starts adding crapplets to your OS you are going from the frying pan to the fire.
It's not that they can't make something which is useful, I had a Dell machine that had a pretty good utility for updating drivers but that utility started hassling me for an extended service plan once my machine reached "a certain age" and later started begging me to trade the computer in and get a new one.
In the past it was a lot worse, because of pushback from users and Microsoft I think PC vendors feel somewhat constrained, but left to their own devices PC vendors would crap up PCs with disastrously bad software. See
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