Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

The apps are so simple, so clear, no fuss, no ads, no nothing. Just the functionality you need from every app. Excellent work!

This is the only project I immediately "donated" with the Thank You app.

Me too, but I hate having the useless Thank You app installed

My phone came w/ a folder for apps from my service provider and I've been adding to it any apps which I don't interact with regularly (since I've been able to keep my apps down to a single screen so I don't have to scroll).

Yep, I had a crap folder for apps too. Until I switched to using T-UI as my launcher. Now I can only ever launch the apps I remember in my head since I need to type it out.

You can donate, remove the thank you app and use the f-droid versions.

You can uninstall them via adb. For Example there are different "unbloat your samsung device" github pages which give you a list of apps you can safely remove.

Instead of needing ADB, you can also go into Settings > Apps, turn on ‘show system apps’, and disable the ones you don’t want from there.