There is a solution for manufacturer's annoying UIs: it's called Android One. My previous phone was a Motorola, just because they featured some One terminals among their product lineup. Recently, I was tricked into giving Samsung a chance and I'm regretting it every day. In the future I'll stick with Android One terminals, whatever the manufacturer, as long as it provides decent hardware.
I tend find every manufacturer's UI layer absurd and annoying if not plainly irritating. I wonder who's the id**t who thinks they can do better than Android/Google UX teams and think adding their crappy UIs will do any better.
