This is because of Samsung's garbage software. Years and years go by and every single time they manage to make the best hardware and slap a laggy and bloated version of Android on top of it. I'm sure that a Note 7 with a more Nexus-like build of Android is a dream for many.
While i prefer stock Android, the Note arguably benefits a lot from a different software because it's tailored to the Stylus and round edges. Other than that they already toned it down a lot to where it was a few years ago, so i don't think the impact is that huge. I really love the Note 7 for the possibilities that the stylus brings, so the Samsung software is something i'd have to live with.
I've been a happy Samsung customer for the longest time, because I basically flashed their nice hardware with cyanogenmod.
My recently purchase S7 is the first ever cellphone I return to the store because: 1) It's way too hard to flash their exynos based hardware and 2) the default install comes with 14Gb of garbage included. That includes the full microsoft office and a slew of garbage apps I'll never use (I'd include the launcher in that, but I understand some people like it, so I'll it a pass)
Annecdata, but I have now become this guy who will tirelessly slap Samsung's garbage software "strategy" every time I have the opportunity.
They drastically pared down the software differences in the last version or two. Me from five years ago would be shocked to hear me say it, but it's to the point that with the s6, I preferred the new stripped down TouchWiz by a long shot to stock android (TouchWiz has always had design advantages that stock android sometimes incorporates, e.g. Quick settings in the notification bar).
