If you're looking for a Sim City clone, I've always been told that Cities: Skylines is the way to go. I picked it up in a sale years ago and need to get around to trying it sometime.
The best you could probably do would be to uninstall the crapware that you can, disable what can't be uninstalled, then install a launcher like Nova. Otherwise it's root and rom.
Spent $5 for the 30 day gems, at AR 32 now and interest is fading fast. Fucking around exploring the world is the main draw for me. With things not respawning or changing in some way I'll likely stop playing once I get all my gems from the pass.
While having it delayed yet again annoys me, the new release date allows me to take a single vacation day and get 5 uninterrupted days before going back to work.
Daylight savings time needs to die. Thankfully I'm off the night we roll back the clocks next week.
Asking someone for information they know they need to give me in order to do my job and getting the response "Good question".