Yes, I find that is the only way to use these phones, AOSP makes them usable again, but like I said they're constantly implementing and improving their digital locks to keep you from running away to a different OS.. It's so anti user freedom

Huawei, Xiaomi and Samsung phones

• main reason: anti user freedom, and locking you in to their system, it's extremely hard to wipe out your phone in order to sell it if you have a Samsung account linked to your phone, and they make it hard to flash a custom ROM, imagine buying a phone with your own money and you still need the manufacturer consent to do what you want with it..
• confusing and slow UI
• Ads everywhere on the UI
• bloated with games and useless apps
• they don't take security seriously at all ( slow updates )
• short update period
• they lie in their marketing by giving big numbers ( battery capacity and camera quality for example )

And last but not least, they kill your apps

young with a mustache..