But yet Samsung is the only LOS option that doesn't have Qualcomm's broken-by-design integrated baseband/application processors.

I'm certainly not trying to fanboy here (Samsung cameras suck [0]), just pointing out that all manufacturers are intrinsically inclined to deploy some user-hostile features. "Voting" with your wallet doesn't particularly move their needles.

[0] More precisely their software support sucks, making the picture quality terrible. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21082561