But they got your money anyway. So why would they care?

Very fair point, but only from one perspective. Yeah I gave them my money, but they did have to pay at least 4 hours or salary+benefits for at least one person just talking to me on the phone. That doesn't include anyone else behind the scenes who was used to help rectify the issue from the technical side. Nor does it include the cost of however many other people also encounter these issues and have to spend inordinate amounts of time on the phone with their employees. That can easily add up.

it's DISNEY, what are you going to do - not go? the peer scrutiny penalty alone from your kids complaining would take a cleaver to your productivity

"Most of the bloatware on Android devices I’ve used over the years cannot be removed as they’re marked as system apps."

I believe you can use the Application Manager in Android to disable any of these Apps, even though you cannot remove them.

Just don't disable an App the phone actually needs.

> Have a simple landing page asking for an email address when someone first visits, but provide a way to bypass it if they don't want to give it out.

That's exactly what is there. You can click View The Archive, if you don't want to give your email.