Meh you seem to be pretty fanatical about this and just wanna believe whatever you want so long as it reduces everyone else's options.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/6a40va/z/dhbkwf1
Even pixel owners acknowledge they have more issues than any other flagship
The tech media try to hype up problems that aren't really even there meanwhile this is happening.
Where's the coverage there? You think if galaxy devices were having issues like that the media would sweep it under the rug to defend the reputation of TouchWiz like they do stock android?
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/6asb40/what_package_disabler_lag_looks_like/
Of course if you have apps like that being openly and widely promoted people are gonna be having issues. Look at how may people returned their devices after being encouraged to install a Bixby remapper and not being warned that it caused stutter. I managed to stop people by posting about it to clear up the confusion because victims of the scam were presuming that it was touch wiz stutter. These are wide spread issues that are completely artifical. I know you wanna pretend like they don't matter but obviously they do.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS7/comments/61iprt/with_the_recent_polls_that_were_conducted_what_do/
Lurk /r/GooglePixel for a day. Literally every day someone's device breaks down from issues. After every update something breaks. People there are some their 4th and up to 10th warranty swaps. Cover it up all you want but there are so many clear reasons why stock android is worse.
And again, just stop being selfish for a moment. If stock android and the modding community offered the capabilties that grace UX/TW I would agree with you. But stock is way too limited and so people will always choose OEM variants while they know better. That's why the tech melds never ever cover all the stuff I cover. It's so rigged.
The fact that they're so desperate even makes it more clear our insufficient stock android is.