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by SkiFire13 69 days ago
> Localization files for every language on Earth - [...] - Samsung really wanted to make sure everyone on the planet could experience this suffering equally

Why are you considering localization as bloat? I bet your reaction wouldn't be positive if your native language(s) were missing instead.

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Zero percent of users require 100 percent of languages at all times.
Sure, let's go back to the old days where you had to download language packs for windows and office.
The alternative would be the installer only installing the languages that match the system settings. Which yes is imperfect, but not nearly as bad as separate downloads or god forbid the two tier base language and modification pack system Microsoft came up with.