Not sure if it is like that because I'm in Korea, but on my Samsung S9 Samsung is injecting ads for their new S24 in my notifications. I've had the phone for 5 years and this is the first time I see ads in my phone notifications, unbelievable.
Samsung has gone full HP since about 5-10 years ago. They used to have awesome products, now it's just bloatware crap riding on customer goodwill that they built up over decades
Ir blaster was a gimmick. S24 is IP68 rated. Really nice usb headphones are easy to come by if you don't like Bluetooth. Show me a waterproof phone with a battery the average end user can replace.