I have a Samsung phone atm (never been loyal to a brand before…I’m always hopping around), and it doesn’t have anything too weird on it.
One minor annoyance is Samsung’s insistence on having their own version of an app for everything…so I have two messaging apps, two file browser apps, two photo gallery apps. At least you can simply disable or hide apps you don’t use.
I will say every phone brand has their own flavor of custom apps they decide to pre-load the phone with. Some just have more than others. I don’t know if any phone brands nowadays have truly and completely stock android on them. Google used to AFAIK, but I think even they have their own custom shit too nowadays.