I don't know what carrier you use, but after I bought my new phone from the OEM I didn't have that happen
Regardless of what brand you choose, buy it from the manufacturer. I bought my prior Samsung from Verizon and the bloatware was horrible.
Re: cinnamon: This guy has some videos on how to set up multiple keyboards and set a shortcut to change between them.Can't speak to hamonikr.Adding new keyboard languages https://youtu.be/jbKVfZ6M0c8?t=46sSetting keyboard language change shortcut https://youtu.be/omdUhZ489PE?t=27sBest of luck and remember that there's always a learning curve with these things
Gotta love when unpopular opinions are downvoted in the unpopular opinions forum